Australia’s forests and forestry glossary

See Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA).

The harvesting of timber in contravention of the laws and regulations of the jurisdiction of harvest.

The conservation of species and genetic components of biological diversity in their natural habitats.

See Ex situ conservation.

A quantitative or qualitative variable that can be measured or described and that, when observed periodically, can demonstrate trends in forest condition or use.

See Criterion, Montreal Process.

Of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent.

A species of plant or animal that occurs naturally in a specified region or country.

See Endemic, Exotic.

A National Forest Inventory category of land or forest that has formal, legally binding agreement in place to include input from Indigenous people in the process of developing and implementing a management plan.

See Indigenous (of people), Indigenous managed (of land or forest), Indigenous owned (of land or forest), National Forest Inventory, Other special rights.

Land or forest over which Indigenous peoples and communities have ownership, management, or rights of use for customary purposes.

See Forest estate, Indigenous (of people), Indigenous co-managed (of land or forest), Indigenous managed (of land or forest), Indigenous owned (of land or forest), Other special rights.

A voluntary agreement between a Native Title group and other people about the use of land and water.

See Indigenous (of people), Native title.

A National Forest Inventory category of land or forest that is managed by Indigenous communities.

See Indigenous (of people), Indigenous co-managed (of land or forest), Indigenous owned (of land or forest), National Forest Inventory, Other special rights.

A National Forest Inventory category of freehold land or forest that is owned by Indigenous communities, or land or forest for which ownership is vested through other mechanisms.

See Indigenous (of people), Indigenous co-managed (of land or forest), Indigenous managed (of land or forest), National Forest Inventory, Other special rights.

An area of land and sea managed by an Indigenous group as an area protected for biodiversity and cultural resource conservation through a voluntary agreement with the Australian Government.

See Indigenous (of people), Protected area, Traditional Owner.

The number of jobs in secondary economic activity resulting from a primary economic activity, such as in provision of materials, supplies, goods and services to support the primary activity, or generated or supported in retail and service sectors by the spending of salaries and wages of individuals and families involved in the primary economic activity.

See Direct employment.

The value added by an industry to the inputs used by that industry, and therefore the contribution of that industry to Gross domestic product.

For national reporting on the forestry, wood and paper products industries, ‘Industry value added’ includes forest management, wood harvesting and wood processing, but excludes wholesaling, retailing and further value-adding (such as the manufacturing of some commodities).

See Forest management, Gross domestic product, Harvesting, Value-adding.

Reserve on public land protected through an administrative instrument by a public land management agency, such as special protection zones in state forests.

See CAR reserve system, Formal reserve, Management by prescription, Reserve.

Harvesting sawlogs, pulpwood and other forest products in a single forest operation.

See Harvesting, Pulpwood, Sawlog.

A pest control strategy that uses an array of complementary methods, such as natural predators and parasites, pest-resistant varieties, cultural practices, biological controls, various physical techniques and chemical pesticides.

A set of large geographical bioregions within the Australian landmass, used as the basis for the National Reserve System’s planning framework and some state-based reporting.

See National Reserve System.

A species of plant or animal occurring outside its natural range (past or present) and dispersal potential—that is, outside the range it occupies naturally or could occupy without direct or indirect introduction or care by humans.

See Exotic, Indigenous (of species).

A survey that assesses a resource, such as the amount of merchantable wood in a forest.