60ZQDefinitions: Part 5B

60ZQ Definitions: Part 5B

60ZQ Definitions: Part 5B

(1) In this Part—

forestry operations means—

(a) logging operations—namely the cutting and removal of timber from land for the purpose of timber production, or

(b) the harvesting of forest products—namely the harvesting of the products of trees and other vegetation (other than timber) that are of economic value, or

(c) ongoing forest management operations—namely activities relating to the management of land for timber production such as thinning, burning and other silvicultural activities, or

(d) ancillary activities to enable or assist in the above operations such as the provision of roads, snig tracks, waterway crossings and temporary timber storage facilities.

principles of ecologically sustainable forest managementmeans the following—

(a) maintaining forest values for future and present generations, including—

(i) forest biological diversity, and

(ii) the productive capacity and sustainability of forest ecosystems, and

(iii) the health and vitality of native forest ecosystems, and

(iv) soil and water quality, and

(v) the contribution of native forests to global geochemical cycles, and

(vi) the long term social and economic benefits of native forests, and

(vii) natural heritage values,

(b) ensuring public participation, provision of information, accountability and transparency in relation to the carrying out of forestry operations,

(c) providing incentives for voluntary compliance, capacity building and adoption of best-practice standards,

(d) applying best-available knowledge and adaptive management processes to deliver best-practice forest management,

(e) applying the precautionary principle (as referred to in section 6 (2) (a) of the Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991) in preventing environmental harm.