The decision by the Tasmanian government to outsource the logging of contentious forestry reserves could lead to anti-logging protests warned a private saw miller. The Tasmanian Government intends to contract out logging to private companies, hoping it will improve the chances of a bid by its state-owned company Forestry Tasmania (FT) to get Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification. The private logging companies are concerned about the public perception of the logging and are acting to secure confidence over any operation on the contentious land.

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