Fillip for Gunns’ pulp mill plans

摘要

Tasmania’s forest industry representatives and environ- mentalists have signed a “statement of principles” on the use of native forests in the southern Australian island state. The move will potentially bring to an end decades of debate and conflict between the two sides. Forest products firm Gunns has said that the agreement paves the way for the development of its proposed Bell Bay pulp mill. The firm’s shares rose on the news.