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This Special
Edition of Land Rights Queensland has been published to
provide the Queensland Indigenous Community with Information
on the South East QLD Regional Forest Agreement (RFA)
Scenarios.
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Govt
releases RFA scenarios for S-E
Qld
On 14 May 1999, the Commonwealth and Queensland governments
released a report, Towards a South-East Queensland Regional
Forest Agreement: A Directions Report , for public comment.
Governments will take all comments into account in the
negotiation of the SEQ Regional Forest Agreement (RFA).
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Call
to Indigenous People:
Have Your Say on the RFA
Any resolution of the South-East Queensland Regional Forest
Agreement (RFA) will affect Indigenous people in their
utilisation of the forests. It is suggested Indigenous
people study the Directions Report released by the Federal
and State governments and make submissions as called for in
the Report.
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Have
You Say on the South East QLD
RFA
Federal and Queensland government, Land Councils (FAIRA,
Goolburri Land Council Aboriginal Corporation and Gurang
Land Council) and stakeholder groups (including
conservationists, graziers, beekeepers, timber industry)
have been working on a Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) for
south-east Queensland.
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 Scenarios
- South-East Queensland Regional Forest
Agreement
The seven scenarios are listed in detail with corresponding
maps.
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Conservation
Movement Position
Of all the RFA areas in Australia, the forests of SEQ are
home to the greatest variety of plants and animals. Yet,
since the arrival of Europeans, more than half the forests
have been cleared and what remains has been so modified that
almost all of the original forest is gone. Many animals and
birds that depend on the remaining "old forest" are now at
risk because of the damage Europeans have done.
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Timber
Industry Position
The Queensland Timber Industry does not believe the recent
report released by the Commonwealth and Queensland
governments, Towards a South-East Queensland Regional Forest
Agreement: A Directions Report, adequately addresses the
concerns of the timber industry.
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National
Forest Policy
All stakeholders with an interest in forests have been
concerned with the development of plans that would provide
long-term certainty to address their particular needs. These
range from sustainable economic development to the
protection and management of such forests.
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The
Australian Workers' Union position
The Australian Workers' Union (AWU) has called for the State
and Federal governments to back a joint Union/industry plan,
Regional Forest Development Plan, launched on 20 May 1999
that would see $50 million in extra investment and 600 more
jobs in Queensland's hardwood timber industry.
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