Our responsibility
Our responsibility is twofold: to maintain and promote the health of Tasmania’s production forests and to supply high-quality timber to customers throughout Tasmania.
Our purpose
The principal purpose of Sustainable Timber Tasmania is to be the forest manager, in accordance with the Forest Management Act 2013, for Tasmania’s Permanent Timber Production Zone (PTPZ) land for the benefit of multiple users of the land and resource to support economic growth and job creation in Tasmania.
What we do
- Sustainably manage the forest estate
- Sustainably supply timber
- Sustainably grow our business
Business overview
- Under the Forest Management Act 2013 Sustainable Timber Tasmania is responsible for:
- Sustainably managing approximately 812,000 hectares of public production forests across Tasmania, the majority of which are on Permanent Timber Production Zone (PTPZ) land.
- Undertaking forest operations for the sale of forest products from PTPZ land. This includes making available at least 137,000 cubic metres of high-quality eucalypt sawlogs and veneer logs per annum.
- In addition to the Forest Management Act 2013, Sustainable Timber Tasmania operates in accordance with several other statutes including:
Government Business Enterprise Act 1995
Forestry (Rebuilding the Forest Industry) Act 2014
Community Service Obligations
We perform a range of community service obligations for Tasmania for the benefit of local communities. This includes:
- Contributing to the state-wide Fuel Reduction Program
- Contributing to state fire management in the prevention, preparation,
- and detection of bushfires
- Supervising and conducting bushfire suppression on non-production forest and adjoining land
- Ensuring that Permanent Timber Production Zone land continues to be managed, accessible and available for multiple uses
Ministerial Charter
Sustainable Timber Tasmania’s Ministerial Charter (2025) clearly outlines the Tasmanian Government’s expectations for the organisation. This includes a strong emphasis on the multiple uses of Permanent Timber Production Zone (PTPZ) land, socioeconomic outcomes, and effective stakeholder engagement.
Sustainable Timber Tasmania actively aligns its operations to meet these priorities.