The Federal Government has lost a bid to delist more than 70,000 hectares of forest from Tasmania's World Heritage Area (WHA).
The United Nations' World Heritage Committee has rejected the Government's application to reverse protection for 74,000 hectares.
The area was part of 170,000 hectares added to the WHA last year under Tasmania's forest peace deal enacted by the former state and federal Labor governments.
The Abbott Government had argued the 74,000 hectares were degraded by previous logging and should be unlocked for the timber industry.
more: UNESCO rejects Coalition's bid to delist Tasmanian World Heritage forest
The Federal Government has lost a bid to delist more than 70,000 hectares of forest from Tasmania's World Heritage Area (WHA).
The United Nations' World Heritage Committee has rejected the Government's application to reverse protection for 74,000 hectares.
The area was part of 170,000 hectares added to the WHA last year under Tasmania's forest peace deal enacted by the former state and federal Labor governments.
The Abbott Government had argued the 74,000 hectares were degraded by previous logging and should be unlocked for the timber industry.
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