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Hosting the meeting, industry peak body Timber Queensland invited leading experts to address the Timber Queensland Board of Directors who represent all sectors of the states $2.4 billion per annum industry, employing 20,000 people.  Directors represent forest growers, processors, fabricators and end users in building and construction. 

Senior Queensland Government Officials from the Department of Premier and Cabinet, the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Climate Change, and the Department of Primary Industries and Natural Resources were invited to attend together with representatives from the Conservation Movement.  See the attendees list here.

Key presentations included in the agenda were:

Climate change and the need for action

John Cole, Queensland Environmental Protection Agency

Emissions Trading Scheme and the Forest and Timber Industry: an overview

Miles Prosser, Australian Plantation Products and Paper Industry Council (A3P)

Australian Emissions Trading Scheme Status: Commonwealth Green Paper

Maya Stuart-Fox, Commonwealth Department of Climate Change

A summary of the key learnings from the seminar is available here.