The logging of old growth native forests in the state has been opposed by environmentalists and others via means such as lobbying, legislation and blockades.
[1][2][3] Forest conservation and reservation in the nineteenth century Tasmania was controlled under the title of the Waste Lands Act.
The condition of the industry after the 1930s had created a situation where the following reports and commission attempted to resolve the issues: Current government administration of the forest estate is by Forestry Tasmania.
[9] The older administrative regions were: After the passage of the Forestry Amendment (Forestry Corporation) Act 1994, the Tasmanian forest industry became exempt from requests to provide disclosure of sensitive public information under the Freedom of Information Act signed into legislation in 1991.
A later Bill of Parliament introduced into law in 2004 repealed section 32A of the Freedom of Information, thus reverting the exemption granted in 1994.