Forestry in Tasmania Australia has been conducted since early European settlement.
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Early history
Forest conservation and reservation in the nineteenth century Tasmania was controlled under the curious title of the Waste Lands Act.
Troubles
The condition of the industry after the 1930s had created a situation where the following reports and commission attempted to resolve the issues: -
Resolution
Tasmanian Forest Administration
Current government administration of the forest estate is by Forestry Tasmania
Districts
The older administrative regions were: -
Exemption from Freedom of Information Act and Subsequent Repeal
After the passage of the Forestry Amendment (Forestry Corporation) Act 1994, the Tasmanian forest industry became exempt from requests to provide disclosure of sensitive public information under the Freedom of Information Act signed into legislation in 1991. This was done through the addition of section 32A into the Act expressedly exempting Forestry Tasmania and the Forestry Corporation from requests under this law.
A later Bill of Parliament introduced into law in 2004 repealed section 32A of the Freedom of Information, thus reverting the exemption granted in 1994.
2010
The current administrative areas are:-