Independent Verification Group Report
About this report
Professor Jonathan West, Chair of the Independent Verification Group, has released the Group's comprehensive assessment of the Tasmanian forestry industry's timber supply requirements and the conservation values of nominated areas of Tasmania's native forests.
The independent expert advice provides a sound factual basis to inform the development of an agreed solution that optimises wood supply and conservation outcomes. This process, led by Professor West with forestry and conservation experts, was agreed by industry, union and environment Signatories to the Statement of Principles.
Disclaimer
This publication is comprised of reports by, or commissioned by, the Independent Verification Group and are not Australian Government reports. The views and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Australian Government or the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. While reasonable efforts have been made by the authors to ensure that the contents of this publication are factually correct, the Commonwealth does not accept responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the contents, and shall not be liable for any loss or damage that may be occasioned directly or indirectly through the use of, or reliance on, the contents of this publication.
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Independent Verification Group Reports
- Capstone report (PDF - 710KB)
- Appendix 1 - Tasmanian forests Intergovernmental Agreement (PDF - 266KB)
- Appendix 2 - Independent Verification Group Terms of Reference (PDF - 72KB)
- Appendix 3 - Short resume on each IVG member (PDF - 19KB)
- Appendix 4 - Report of September 2011 (PDF - 35KB)
- Appendix 5 - IVG Work plans
- Appendix 6 - Information on data layers used by the IVG (PDF - 171KB)
- Appendix 7 - Polygons and their size for the ENGO 572,00ha proposed reserves
- Appendix 8 - Map showing the polygons
Wood supply technical report
- Report 1: Wood supply scenarios (PDF - 2625KB)
- Report 2: Plantation production estimates (PDF - 590KB)
Forest conservation technical report
- Summary report of conservation values (PDF - 81.7MB)
- Report 1A: Comprehensiveness (PDF - 6249KB)
- Report 1B(i): Representativeness: vascular plant composition (PDF - 8328KB)
- Report 1B(ii): Representativeness: habitat productivity (PDF - 2.6MB)
- Report 2A: Priority flora (PDF 3.9MB)
- Report 2B: Priority fauna (PDF 870KB)
- Report 3A: Locations of refugia for ancient and relictual invertebrate fauna (PDF - 357KB)
- Report 3B: Paleo-endemic plants (PDF - 516KB)
- Report 3C: Eucalypt diversity (PDF - 1257KB)
- 3C. Attachment - refer to document at Attachment 3B
- 3C Map ENGO proposed reserves noted as having giant trees (PDF - 427KB)
- 3C Map ENGO proposed reserves noted as having important E. globulus gene pools (PDF - 427KB)
- 3C Map ENGO proposed reserves noted as having important occurrences of Eucalypt species (PDF - 428KB)
- 3C Map. ENGO proposed reserves with notable values from a Eucalypt phylogenetic, genetic and/or conservation perspective with conservation gain through reservation (PDF - 431KB)
- 3C Map ENGO proposed reserves noted as having important occurrences of E. regnans (PDF - 428KB)
- 3C Map ENGO proposed reserves that improve the reservation of eucalypt species (PDF - 376KB)
- 3C Map ENGO proposed reserves noted as having high estimated eucalypt species richness (adjusted for area) (PDF - 428KB)
- Report 3D: Fire refugia (PDF - 785KB)
- Report 3E: Tree hollows (PDF - 912KB)
- Report 4: Defining and managing oldgrowth forests (PDF - 440KB)
- Report 5A: Heritage (PDF - 7.7MB)
- 5A. Map(i) Heritage values of ENGO proposed reserves
- 5A Map (ii) Giant trees and indicative globally significant tall eucalypt forest ecosystem extant in Tasmania
- 5A Map(iii) Area regenerated on state forest since 1960 and plantations all tenures (current)
- 5A Index of area of indicative tall eucalypt forest ecosystem in ENGO proposed areas
- Report 5B: Giant eucalyptus forests (PDF - 522KB)
- Report 5C: Evolutionary significance (PDF - 1301KB)
- Report 6: Future climate projections (PDF - 1416KB)
- Report 7A: Distribution of large marsupial carnivores (PDF - 994KB)
- Report 7B: Strategic landscape approach (PDF - 312KB)
- Report 8A: Carbon value (PDF - 252KB)
- Report 9A: ENGO proposals (PDF - 2159KB)
- Report 10: Forestry impacts (PDF - 772KB)
- Report 11: Land cover (PDF - 3407KB)
Minerals prospectivity technical report
Socio-economic technical report
- Socio-economic technical report (PDF - 991KB)
- Appendix 1: Jobs and investments changes model (PDF - 415KB)
- Appendix 2: Assessment - employment and economic consequences (PDF - 1.2MB)
- Appendix 3: FT - contract commitments (PDf - 194KB)
Social values and reserves technical report
- Social values and reserves (PDF - 4703KB)
- Map 1 - Relative social values of the proposed ENGO areas
- Map 2 - Key to polygon numbers for the ENGO reserve proposals
- Map 3 - Area regenerated on state forest since 1960 and plantations all tenures (current)
- Map 4 - Current land tenure considerations
- Map 5 - Potential impediments to effective reserve management
- Map 6 - Apiculture sites within the ENGO reserve proposals
Peer reviews of the IVG Report
- Expert review of Independent Verification Group's Conservation Work Plan (PDF - 580KB)
- Review by Reed Noss of Tasmanian Forest Conservation Work Plan and Accompanying Reports (PDF - 108KB) | (Word - 108KB) - August 14, 2012
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