The Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) signed in 1997, resulted in $30
million dollars being made available from the Natural Heritage Trust (NHT) and
from a special Commonwealth grant, to protect forest communities on private
land which could not be adequately protected on public land.
The objective of the Private Forest Reserves Program (PFRP) is "... to protect
values on private land by the voluntary participation of private landowners in
the CAR Reserve System" in accordance with the principles set out in Attachment
8 of the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement. The target for the PRFP is to
secure long-term conservation of about 100,000 hectares of targeted forest
ecosystems on private land, which is not adequately protected in the formal
reserve system.
Landowners voluntarily enter into agreements with the PFRP to protect and
manage high conservation priority forest types or rare and threatened species,
preferably in perpetuity, through conservation covenants and management
agreements.
The tenderer will need to provide scientific and information technology
services to the Private Forest Reserves Program for a period of up to 2 years,
depending on funding.
Late Tenders will not be accepted unless the Department is of the view (and its decision will be absolute and final) that:
a) circumstances beyond the Tenderer's control were the cause of the lateness; and
b) accepting a late Tender will not compromise the integrity of the tendering process or provide any unfair advantage to the Tenderer lodging the late Tender.
Late Tenders which are not accepted will be marked on the envelope with the time and date of receipt, and be returned unopened to the Tenderer.
Contractor:
Rodney I. Knight
49 Pregnalls Road
Allens Rivulet Tas 7150
Contractor Location:
Hobart
