News Farm Forestry Carbon tool launched 10 May 2023 A new tool to help landowners within minutes find out an indicative estimate of their carbon impact and the potential tree offset opportunities was launched at Agfest.
News State of the Forests Report 2022 released 18 April 2023 The Tasmanian Government has released the State of the Forests Report 2022. Undertaken by the independent Forest Practices Authority, the Report represents a comprehensive overview of Tasmania’s forests over the past five years.
News Agroforestry knowledge exchange in Japan 17 April 2023 Private Forests Tasmania agriforester Molly Marshall recently returned from an Agroforestry knowledge exchange in Japan. Over 12 days, Molly travelled around central Honshu with the group of Australian forest industry stakeholders including Rowan…
News Australia-Japan Agroforestry information exchange 15 March 2023 Private Forests Tasmania's Agriforester, Molly Marshall, is joining a small group of Australian foresters and bushland managers visiting Japan to share forestry experiences and techniques with our counterparts.
News Plantation thinning for carbon, construction timber and innovation 13 February 2023 Plantation thinning may not be new in the forestry sector, which has been thinning to improve tree growth and vigour for years. But the operations being carried out by Forico in Tasmania’s northwest are racking up the benefits, continuing the…
News Assessing the efficiency of mechanised operations and tree/stem quality 09 February 2023 Tasmania, and Australia generally, is currently experiencing a significant wood supply shortage, particularly in the building and construction sector.
News PFT's 2021-22 Annual Report now available to review 27 October 2022 Private Forests Tasmania is pleased to present the 2021-22 Annual Report, officially tabled in Parliament on October 27 by Minister for Resources, Felix Ellis.
News Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture work placement a success 06 October 2022 PFT was approached by the Teaching Program of the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture to provide an Agribusiness Placement for a student, Chas Hughes and his registered assistance dog Lip, who was keen on trees on farms and would value the…
News ActivAcre carbon credit program heralds a new era in Tasmanian agroforestry 06 July 2022 A first-of-its-kind Tasmanian program incentivising Northern Tasmanian farmers to grow trees has been launched.
News Formosa Estate virtual reality video - Shelterbelts increase pasture growth 23 June 2022 Forest Learning has released a series of agroforestry virtual reality videos including a case study of Formosa Estate that was part of the Agroforestry project ran by PFT in collaboration with CSIRO and UTAS. The video shows the research scientists…
News Private Forests Tasmania welcomes new director 17 June 2022 Joanna Jones brings extensive practical commercial skills from various agricultural disciplines to the PFT board.
News PFT staff reap benefits of 10th National Carbon Farming Conference and Expo 09 June 2022 PFT Operations team members attended the 10th National Carbon Farming Conference and Expo, Albury, 23-26 May 2022 covering major topics and themes such as the farm of the future; domestic and international climate policy settings and mechanisms;…
News Eight Tasmanian landowners receive funds to integrate trees on farms 28 April 2022 Planting more trees helps to protect the land for future generations and the Tasmanian Government congratulates eight landowners who will receive grants to integrate 329 hectares of trees on their land.
News Contemporary safety measures introduced for Tasmania’s sustainable forestry industry 03 March 2022 Tasmania’s sustainable forestry industry has now updated its contemporary safety measures to help protect and improve the safety of those working within the sector.
News $63m investment brought forward for Bell Bay's Timberlink to increase timber supply 17 December 2021 The investment will allow Timberlink to increase supply of structural timber for use in the construction of homes in Australia.
News PFT welcomes $500,000 funding from federal government to assist farm forestry 16 December 2021 Private Forests Tasmania has welcomed $500,000 funding from the federal government to assist and support farm forestry projects and communications.
News National recognition for forestry and timber campaigns 30 November 2021 Congratulations to Tasmania’s forestry and timber industry who teamed up with a local marketing company to win seven awards for excellence at the Australian Marketing Institute’s (AMI) national awards.
News North-West farmer named Tasmanian Tree Farmer of the Year 23 September 2021 Graham Freeman farms a 134-hectare property at Milabeena. He has about 14 hectares of plantation and about 25 hectares of native bush. Over the years his farm has been a successful example of how trees can be integrated into farms.
