Up to 40 per cent of the current national forest harvest of 34 million tonnes is from small-scale woodlots. There are an estimated 300,000 hectares of production forests on farmland. Of these, 180,000 hectares, mainly in forests smaller than 40 hectares, have been planted since 1990 and are now in a major harvest mode.The importance of the particular needs of these small-scale foresters are recognised with specific representation on the Forest Growers Levy Trust. Most of the work programme covers the interests of all foresters, work such as tree breeding and forest management, health, safety and biosecurity. The focus of the Forest Growers Levy Trust is to ensure that the materials, information and technology from this work is just as accessible to small-scale foresters as it is to large-scale operators.
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