ENVIRONMENT Minister Tony Burke has personally thanked the environmental and industry groups who buried the hatchet to reach an historic agreement over Tasmania's forests.
A bitter 30-year feud between loggers and green groups in Tasmania ended last Thursday with a deal between the warring parties.
Under the agreement, more than 500,000 hectares of native Tasmanian forest will be protected from logging, while about 140,000 cubic metres of sawlogs will be made available for loggers.
The agreement was heralded a victory by conservation groups, but widely criticised by Tasmania's opposition party and the state's Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Just weeks ago, a resolution seemed impossible after conservationists and the Forest Industries Association of Tasmania (FIAT) walked away from peace talks.
Mr Burke said at the time he was "quite pessimistic" the demands of both the parties could be met, but then last week announced the surprise deal had been struck.
He met with the signatories on Monday to acknowledge the "difficult" process and to thank all parties for their "goodwill".
"The Australian government will now work through the implications of what is proposed and see how much we might be able to do to support it," Mr Burke said in a statement.
"I made a guarantee that we would not cherry pick elements of the proposal as I have no doubt if the Australian government did that, everything would have the capacity to unravel pretty quickly."
He said some of the groups around the table were still going through a process with their own members before they could return with a final position.
Around 400,000 hectares of forest will be placed into reserves immediately, including large tracts of the Styx and Upper Florentine, followed by about 108,000 hectares a year later.
Conservation group The Wilderness Society also claims there will be "substantive restructure" of Forestry Tasmania, including a shake up of its board and senior staff.
The group also said that native forest logging will continue until at least 2027.
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