Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, 2003 (Act No. 53 of 2003)

Industry Charters

Purchase

The following key challenges will be addressed to ensure equity with growth in the Forest Sector:

•	Increased local supply of roundwood to underpin sustainability and growth throughout the forestry value chain. A key requirement here is to increase land available for forestry.

•	Sustainable supply and better utilisation of the country's limited sawlog resources.

•	Increased local beneficiation in and through the fibre production sub-sector.

•	Greater equity in the entire value chain of forestry.

•	Greater empowerment and profitability of existing small scale forest enterprises.

•	Linking forestry as a rural based industry with poverty eradication and local economic development.