Tasmanian forestry boss to quit

FORESTRY Tasmania boss Bob Gordon is quitting as the controversial government business prepares to implement the state's forest peace deal.

Chief executive Bob Gordon says he has come to a mutual agreement with the company's board after six years at the helm of the Tasmanian logging agency.

"I have reached agreement with the board that now is the right time for a change," Mr Gordon said in a Forestry Tasmania (FT) statement.

"My departure will allow the board to select a long-term leader that can take the organisation forward into what I believe is a challenging but exciting future."

That future includes the "significant challenges" to implement the agreement between environmentalists and the timber industry, the FT statement said.

The Tasmanian Forests Agreement was legislated last month after three years of negotiations between mainstream green groups and the industry.

It aims to end 30 years of bitter conflict by protecting around 500,000 hectares of forest.

In return, the federal government will provide hundreds of millions of dollars to restructure the industry in an attempt to make it sustainable.

FT chairman Bob Annells said the agreement's implementation was one of several challenges facing the company.

They also include gaining the tick of approval from the Forest Stewardship Council, an international non-government organisation that certifies sustainable forestry practice.

"The transfer of reserve areas and the new focus on a more concentrated wood production zone require a long-term commitment which the board and Bob have agreed would be best met through new leadership," Mr Annells said.

Mr Gordon's announcement comes days after he told a Senate inquiry FT had "stuffed up internally" its handling of a $45 million government compensation program for contractors exiting the ailing industry.

Mr Gordon will officially leave in July with chief operating officer Steve Whitely FT's interim CEO.

AAP dpb/

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