A petition has been lodged with the Victorian Parliament to amend the Victorian Forestry Plan to provide for ecologically sustainable production of hardwood timber in state forests with a focus on high value products and attaining FSC certification for all VicForests timber harvesting operations. Source: Timberbiz
The Victorian Government is dissecting Victoria’s connection with native timbers under the new Victorian Forestry Plan (VFP). The VFP will cease low-impact, selective, ecologically sustainable, value- adding timber harvesting for furniture and musical instruments, taking an extreme approach to the future of our forests.
Contemporary ecologically sustainable timber harvesting is being blamed for detrimental ecological legacies of wildfire, past land clearing, invasive species and historical harvesting.
The Victorian Forestry Plan does not align with consistent independent expert advice from the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council, scientific understanding or community preferences. It also overlooks the diversity of harvesting methods that do not have issues of supply and do not conflict with wildlife protection.
The petition and documentation were prepared by James Kidman who has a science degree from Melbourne University majoring in botany, ecology and conservation.
To sign the e-petition visit: https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/council/petitions/electronic-petitions/view-e-petitions/details/12/419
Or to view supporting documentation visit: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0480/2114/3707/files/Petition_for_Instrument_Timbers_V1.0_online.pdf?v=1638746548
