TAS:Forestry agreement could fall apart: Kelty

AAP General News (Australia)
04-05-2011
TAS:Forestry agreement could fall apart: Kelty

An interim report into the Tasmanian forestry industry has recommended compensation
for residents near the Tamar Valley pulp mill.

The report was into a statement of principles signed last October by environmentalists,
industry groups and unions .. agreeing to ending logging in 550-thousand hectares of native
forests .. and support for a plantation-fed pulp mill.

The statement's facilitator .. BILL KELTY .. released the report today about the process
of rolling out the agreed principles .. saying there's high chance there won't be enough
support for a workable agreement to be achieved.

But he says if it's not .. consequences of failure could be significant .. and the
agreement needs the support of the state and federal governments.

He says there must be fair compensation arrangements available for people seriously
impacted by the mill.

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KEYWORD: FORESTRY TAS (HOBART)

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