Forestry (Rebuilding the Forest Industry) Act 2014

to conserve natural biological diversity;

to conserve geological diversity;

to preserve the quality of water and protect catchments;

to conserve sites or areas of cultural significance;

to encourage education and research, consistent with the land's natural and cultural values;

to protect the future potential production forest land against, and rehabilitate that land following, adverse impacts such as those of fire, introduced species, diseases and soil erosion on that land's natural and cultural values and on assets within and adjacent to that land;

to encourage tourism, recreational use and enjoyment consistent with the conservation of the land's natural and cultural values;

to encourage cooperative management programs with Aboriginal people in areas of significance to them in a manner consistent with the other management objectives;

to provide for the taking, on an ecologically sustainable basis, of designated game species for commercial or private purposes, or both;

to provide for the controlled use of natural resources including special species timber harvesting;

to provide for exploration activities and utilisation of mineral resources;

to allow for private, commercial or industrial uses.