Regional Forest Agreement
Tasmania
Tasmania's Regional Forest Agreement covers the entire State. The Commonwealth and State governments signed the RFA on 8 November 1997.
The RFA increased the existing conservation reserve system by almost one fifth. It brought the total reserve system to 2.7 million hectares, nearly half Tasmania's land area. As a result, more than two thirds of the State's public land is in reserves. The RFA established a program to protect conservation values on private land.
The Tasmanian RFA laid the foundation for the creation of jobs in plantations, intensive forest management and infrastructure development. The Commonwealth provided a $110 million funding package to help develop exports and value adding.
A variation to the Tasmanian RFA was signed on 19 July 2001 by the Commonwealth and Tasmanian Governments.
A variation to the Tasmanian RFA 
PDF [200kb] was signed on 23 February 2007 by the Commonwealth and Tasmanian Governments.
A Supplementary Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement was signed by the two Governments on 13 May 2005, as part of the Tasmanian Community Forest Agreement.
The Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (8 November 1997) PDF [84kb]
- Attachment 1- 7 PDF [152kb]
- Attachment 8 - 14 PDF [95kb]
