National forest policy — myth, manifesto, mandate or mandala?

Forest industries and forest policies: two new proposals

“…Indeed, Carron (1983) in a perceptive history of Australia's national forest policy questioned whether it was a 'myth, manifesto, mandate or mandala', the latter covering unrealistic expectations that any national policy could bind the States. Bryant (1987) was similarly cautious.…”

“…The limited number of instances of actual national forest policies that Carron (1983) was able to cite were closely related to other national needs, especially for import replacement or self-sufficiency in wood supplies. Indeed Carron noted that forest policy had been taken conventionally to cover policies for the forest sector covering both the forests and their wood-using industries.…”

“…To advance their policies organisations like IFA and ACF have to point up the shortcomings of present policies and suggest practical alternatives. The IFA most notably acted in this way when it declared that hardwood forestry could not meet the nation's timber needs and pressed the Commonwealth government to create both the Australian Forestry Council and a much larger plantation estate (Carron 1983). So now with the ACF.…”