Unlocking new markets for Tasmania's private growersThursday 5 Feb 2026
Specifically, the purpose of the project was to undertake a study to identify and assess the feasibility of effective mechanisms to connect private forest landowners with established domestic timber markets in Tasmania. The intended outcome of the project was for Private Forests Tasmania to have some potential pathway recommendations for consideration. Project process and key findings Private Forests Tasmania’s Market Access project first commenced in 2025, when an independent tender was launched to engage a consultant to undertake the work. Margules Groome was identified as the successful consultant and they started the project in July with an introductory webinar. Following the webinar, Margules Groome undertook a series of workshops with stakeholders across Tasmania and completed an extensive desktop review of different proven market access models and case studies from around the world and domestically. The stakeholder engagement component of this project yielded a consensus on some themes around private growers accessing markets, including key barriers of fragmentation and opacity, lack of market and price transparency and complexities in certification and carbon trading. More positively, stakeholders also identified that education, extension services and ability to achieve scale and bargaining power through aggregation and cooperation were possible areas which could potentially support improvements in market access for private growers. The work was concluded with a stakeholder webinar in late January 2026, where Margules Groome outlined a series of recommendations to Private Forests Tasmania for consideration. These recommendations covered short-, medium- and long-term timeframes and included suggestions for enhancement of existing Private Forests Tasmania resources and tools in addition to options to develop digital platforms, wood flow models and considering the establishment of a grower co-operative. More >> Source & image credit: Private Forests Tasmania  | ||
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