Media Release: Upper North East Regional Forest Forum Meets: 17 May 1997


		Source: NSW CRA/RFA Steering Commitee Upper North East Regional Forest Forum Meets 17 May 1997 The first meeting of the Upper North East Regional Forest Forum is being held today at the Southern Cross University Conference Centre. The forum , made up of more than twenty members and chaired by Cr Max Boyd, will be discussing its role in the joint Commonwealth/State comprehensive regional assessments (CRAs). Forum members will also be briefed on the CRA process underway in New South Wales and the economic, social, environmental and heritage assessments to date. The forums have been established to maintain effective liaison between regional communities and the Commonwealth and State Governments during the CRAs. "They are a way of involving the community over and above the usual consultation mechanisms, which tend to occur at the end of the process rather than at the beginning," Cr Boyd said. "The forum ensures the community knows what is happening as it is happening, and that the community’s views are brought to the attention of Governments during and not after the completion of the assessments," he said. Peak groups invited to nominate representatives for the forum include: Local Government and Shires Association Regional Development Group Tourism NSW Forest Products Association National Association of Forest Industries Australian Forest Growers Nature Conservation Council Apiarists Association NSW Farmers Association NSW Aboriginal Land Council State Catchment Coordinating Committee Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union Forest Protection Society Confederation of Bushwalking Clubs NSW Minerals Council Australian National University Institute of Foresters of Australia, NSW Division National Parks and Wildlife Service State Forests NSW Department of Primary Industries and Energy FURTHER INFORMATION: Gillian Higginson (02) 9228 3166 Ruth Dewsbury (06) 274 1904 or Saturday Rex Bowen 018 642 346 Richard Webb 0419 251 577
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