The Queensland Government has delivered a landmark 25-year plan for Queensland’s timber and forestry industry to secure a sustainable local timber supply to meet its plan for one million homes by 2044.
The bold whole-of-supply-chain plan has been developed in collaboration with industry and with extensive public consultation, and focuses on five main areas: supply, supply chain and market, regulatory framework, workforce and research, development and extension.
The Queensland Future Timber Plan will grow Queensland’s plantation estate by 25,000 hectares by 2050, forest management systems will be modernised, and existing plantation and native forest resources maintained to secure and grow sustainable timber resources for immediate and long-term housing and infrastructure demands.
Sustainable and environmentally responsible selective harvesting of native hardwood will continue in State-owned and privately owned native forests.
The Queensland Government’s blueprint for Queensland’s primary industries will drive sustainable growth to help reach an ambitious target to boost primary industries production to $30 billion by 2030.
More than 1,350,000 were reached through consultation, with more than 350 people directly engaged. Over 550 ideas were gathered and will be used to generate the initial 5-year action plan to ensure Queensland’s most valued renewable resource is sustained as an enduring asset for future generations.
Under the plan there will be no reintroduction of native timber harvesting from state-owned native forests within the South East Queensland Regional Plan area.
For more information, view the plan at https://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/business-priorities/forestry/qld-future-timber-plan
