Global demand for wood products is forecast to dramatically outpace supply as populations grow and renewable wood and innovative wood products play a greater role in our decarbonisation and circular bioeconomy efforts. As this becomes increasingly apparent, many more Australians will learn to ignore the deliberately misleading campaigns of activists intent on closing down our sustainable native forest industries. Australia’s timber imports are now valued at more than $5 billion a year. About 25 per cent of the timber we require for housing is imported. Sourcing that product from other countries will become harder as global demand continues to outstrip supply. And much of our imported product is likely to come from jurisdictions that do not have Australia’s environmental standards. …Many regional economies and thousands of jobs rely on our sustainable native forest sector. There is no scientific case for killing it. The activists are driven purely by ideology and political opportunity.