Forest Practices Advisory Council
The Forest Practices Advisory Council is a representative body of stakeholders responsible for:
- advising the FPA on the review of the Forest Practices Act 1985 and the Forest Practices Code
- advising the FPA on the quality, relevance and cost effectiveness of forest practices administration, operations and research
- advising the FPA on financial matters including the self-funding of forest practices
- promoting discussion of forest practices issues.
Council members
- Chair Penny Wells: a person with knowledge or expertise in sustainable forest management
- Jo Oliver: nominated by the Local Government Association of Tasmania, a person with knowledge of the state's resource management and planning system in relation to municipal areas in which forestry is a major land use
- Fiona Bourne: a person with knowledge of the state's resource management and planning system, nominated by the Secretary of the responsible Department in relation to the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994
- Elizabeth Pietryzkowski: a person with knowledge of administration and legislation in relation to private forests, nominated by Private Forests Tasmania
- Stephen Rymer: a person with knowledge of administration and legislation in relation to multiple use forests, nominated by the Forestry Corporation
- Fred Duncan: a person with expertise in, and experience of, forest issues in relation to forest conservation
- Pending: a person with knowledge and expertise in the administration of forest policy who is nominated by the Secretary of the Department
- Louise Wilson: a person with knowledge and expertise in relation to natural heritage or cultural heritage who is nominated by the Secretary of the department that is responsible for the administration of the Nature Conservation Act 2002, to the Minister to whom that Act is assigned
- Ann La Sala: a person, other than the chief forest practices officer, who is a forest practices officer
- Rob O’Connor: a person with expertise in & experience of tree growing on private land nominated by the TFGA and TFPA
- Darryn Braithwaite: a person withexpertise in and operational experience of forest harvesting or forest contracting
- Sandra Hetherington: a person with expertise in, and experience of, forest issues in relation to harvesting and processing nominated by TFPA and Tas Sawmillers Association