TASMANIAN DEFORESTATION

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leave out from 'House' to end and insert 'recognises that Tasmania exceeds the international benchmark for conservation by a factor of four and has 40 per cent. of its inland mass formally reserved, compared to the United Kingdom's 2 per cent.; notes that 85 per cent. of old growth forests are within conservation reserves amd will never be logged; and urges honourable and Right honourable Members to visit Tasmania to see for themselves Tasmania's exemplary practice of sustainable forestry.'.