Monique Dawson CEO VicForests
VicForests says it has met face-to-face with around 50 Victorian timber businesses since the Victorian government announced its plan to transition out of native timber after 2030. VicForests CEO Monique Dawson said VicForests is meeting with and talking to every part of Victoria’s timber industry to talk through the detail of the Government’s native timber policy. Source: Timberbiz
“This policy delivers more than four years of certainty for Victoria’s native timber industry,’’ she said.
“Of course there will need to be a longer term transition and that’s why I’m meeting with local mills, contractors and other timber businesses to help them adapt to a more sustainable future for the industry from now until 2030 and beyond.”
She said VicForests was focussed on quickly negotiating new supply contracts with timber harvesters, haulage, roading and forestry contractors to give them medium-term certainty.
“We are also talking to our customers about our plans to quickly negotiate new timber supply contracts to give mills certainty of supply to June 2024. Within 18 months we will start the sales process for supply beyond 2024.
“VicForests also believes there are significant opportunities for our business, customers and contractors beyond 2030, and has started a transformation program to make the most of the 10-year transition period,” she said.
