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  • Forests Australia
    • Australia's forests
      • Forest profiles
        • Australia's forests-overview
        • Acacia forest
        • Callitris forest
        • Casuarina forest
        • Eucalypt forest
        • Mangrove forest
        • Melaleuca forest
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        • Commercial plantations
    • Forest facts
    • Australia's State of the Forests Report
      • Synthesis 2023
      • Criterion 1: Conservation of biological diversity
        • 1.1a.i Forest area by type
          • 1.1a.i Supporting information
        • 1.1a.ii Forest area by tenure
          • 1.1a.ii Supporting information
        • 1.1a.iii Forest area in RFA regions
          • 1.1a.iii Supporting information
        • 1.1a.iv Forest area change over time
          • 1.1a.iv Supporting information
        • 1.1c: Area of forest protected for conservation
          • 1.1c: supporting information
        • 1.2a: Forest dwelling species
          • 1.2a: supporting information
        • 1.2b: Threatened forest dwelling species
          • 1.2b: supporting information
        • 1.3a: Species at risk from loss of genetic variation
          • 1.3a: supporting information
        • 1.3b: Genetic resource conservation
          • 1.3b: supporting information
      • Criterion 2: Productive capacity of forest ecosystems
        • 2.1a: Native forest available for wood production and the area harvested
        • 2.1b: Age class and growing stock of plantations
        • 2.1c: Annual removal of wood products compared to sustainable volumes
          • 2.1c.i Sustainable yield and harvest levels (2024)
          • 2.1c.ii Removals by log type (2024)
          • 2.1c.iii Forecast national log availability (2024)
        • 2.1e: Harvested area regenerated or re-established
      • Criterion 3: Ecosystem health and vitality
        • 3.1a: Forest health and vitality
          • 3.1a Supporting information
        • 3.1b: Area of forest burnt
          • 3.1b: supporting Information
      • Criterion 4: Soil and water resources
        • 4.1a: Area of forest managed for protective functions
      • Criterion 5: Forest contribution to global carbon cycles
        • 5.1a: Carbon in forests and forest products
      • Criterion 6: Socioeconomic benefits to meet the needs of societies
        • 6.1a: Value and volume of wood and wood products
          • 6.1a: supporting information
        • 6.1d: Production, consumption, import/export of wood and non-wood products
        • 6.2b: Investment in research and development
          • 6.2b: supporting information
        • 6.4a: Indigenous forest estate
        • 6.5a: Direct and indirect employment
          • 6.5a: supporting information
        • 6.5b: Wage rates and injury rates
          • 6.5b: supporting information
        • 6.5c: Resilience of forest dependent communities
          • 6.5c: supporting information
        • 6.5d: Resilience of forest dependent Indigenous communities
          • 6.5d: supporting information
      • Criterion 7: Legal, institutional and economic framework for conservation and sustainable management
        • 7.1a: Legal framework
          • 7.1a: supporting information
        • 7.1b: Institutional framework
          • 7.1b: supporting information
        • 7.1e: Capacity to conduct and apply research and development
          • 7.1e supporting information
      • About Australia’s State of the Forests Report
      • Past reporting
        • Australia's State of the Forests Report 2018
          • Executive summary
            • Data
          • Criterion 1 Conservation of biological diversity
          • Criterion 2: Maintenance of productive capacity of forest ecosystems
          • Criterion 3: Maintenance of ecosystem health and vitality
          • Criterion 4: Conservation and maintenance of soil and water resources
          • Criterion 5: Maintenance of forest contribution to global carbon cycles
          • Criterion 6: Maintenance and enhancement of long-term multiple socioeconomic benefits to meet the needs of societies
          • Criterion 7: Legal, institutional and economic framework for forest conservation and sustainable management
          • Maps and other graphics
          • Data
        • Australia's State of the Forests Report 2013
        • Australia's State of the Forests Report 2008
        • Australia's State of the Forests Report 2003
        • Australia's State of the Forests Report 1998
      • Mandates and drivers for Australia's State of the Forests Report
      • Benefits of producing Australia's State of the Forests Reports
    • Criteria and Indicators for reporting
      • Alignment of Australia's indicators with Montreal Process indicators
      • Review
    • National Forest Inventory
      • National Forest Inventory Steering Committee
    • Forests, land and Australia’s Indigenous peoples
    • Forest and wood products statistics
    • Plantation inventory and statistics
    • Data, maps and tools
      • Data by topic
        • Area of forest
        • Fire in forests
        • Forest species and ecological communities
        • Indigenous land and forest
        • Native forests
        • Plantation forests
        • Regional Forest Agreements
        • Regional forestry profiles
        • Regional Forestry Hubs boundaries
        • Tenure of forests
        • Wood products statistics
      • Spatial data
        • Forests of Australia
        • Tenure of Australia's forests
        • Australia's Indigenous land and forest estate
        • Fires in Australia's forests
        • Regional Forestry Hubs boundaries
        • Australia's plantations
      • Data visualisations
        • Forestry regional profiles - data visualisation
        • Australia's native forest types - data visualisation
      • Maps
      • Tools
    • Publications
    • Forest agencies and organisations
    • Australia's forests and forestry glossary

Forest publications

National publications

Recent reports and papers

  • Australia's State of the Forests Report - latest indicator updates
  • Forest inventory for private native forestry, farm forestry and Indigenous forestry: Private native forestry sector report
  • Australian wood volumes analysis
  • Forest inventory for private native forestry, farm forestry and Indigenous forestry: Farm forestry sector report
  • The Forest Resource Use Model (FoRUM): A spatial-temporal model of Australia’s forest industry
  • Australian plantation statistics 2023 update – annual tabular update
  • Status of Australia’s Forest Genetic Resources 2021
  • Proposed approach for Australia’s State of the Forests Report – 2023 and beyond
  • Australia's forests and forestry glossary
  • Regional forest agreements: compilation of reservation and resource availability outcomes
  • Australia's Indigenous land and forest estate: separate reporting of Indigenous ownership, management and other special rights
  • A framework for developing medium term projections of traded wood products
  • Productivity and efficiency of the Australian sawmilling industry
  • Effects of bushfires and COVID-19 on the forestry and wood processing sectors
  • Fire in Australia's forests, 2011 to 2016
  • Australia's State of the Forests Report 2018
  • Australia's forests at a glance 2019
  • Australian forest profiles 2019
  • Development of a national tenure dataset for reporting the tenure of Australia's forests
  • National 'state of the forests' reporting in Australia – editorial, Australian Forestry, 82:2
  • Australian Forest and Wood Products Statistics
  • ABARES national wood processing survey: 2016-17
  • Australian plantation statistics​​​​ 2016 – five-yearly comprehensive spatial report
  • Australia's plantation log supply​ 2015-2059​​
  • Economic potential for new plantation establishment in Australia
  • Upscaling the Australian softwood sawmill industry
  • Compendium of five ABARES briefing notes relevant to Leadbeater’s possum[2.1MB]
  • Reporting Australia’s forest biodiversity I: forest-dwelling and forest-dependent native species – Australian Forestry, 81:3
  • Reporting Australia’s forest biodiversity II: threatened forest-dwelling and forest-dependent species – Australian Forestry, 81:4
  • Regional forest agreements: origins, development and contributions – Australian Forestry, 81:2

Current datasets

  • Forests of Australia (2023)
  • Tenure of Australia's forests (2023)
  • Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2024)
  • Fires in Australia's forests 2016-21 (2024)​
  • Regional Forestry Hubs (2022)
  • Regional Forest Agreements and Comprehensive Regional Assessments boundaries
  • Australia's plantations
  • Forest species and ecological communities (2024)

Older reports and publications

  • Australia's State of the Forests Report 2013
  • Australia's State of the Forests Reports – for older reports (1998, 2003, 2008)
  • Australia's forests at a glance 2017[1.9 MB]
  • Australia's forestry industry 2017 map​ 
  • Climatic suitability of Australia's production forests for myrtle rust​​[5.0 MB]
  • Improving Australia's forest area estimate using a Multiple Lines of Evidence approach[2.9 MB]
  • Development of the Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) dataset​​[2.3 MB]
  • Future opportunities for using forest and sawmill residues in Australia
  • Responsiveness of demand for structural pine to changes in timber and steel prices
  • Short-term forecasts of selected wood product sales volume: Method and assumptions​ 
  • Outlook sce​narios for Australia's forestry sector: key drivers and opportunities​​[5.4 MB]
  • Social indicators for Australia's forest and ​​wood products industries: Discussion paper [2.7 MB]
  • Diversity in Australia's forestry industry workforce​[0.7 MB]
  • Sustainable forest management: the Australian context[1.5 MB]
  • Australian native forest commerciality[3.4 MB]
  • ABARES National Wood Processing Survey: 2012-13[56 MB]
  • Preliminary long-term forecasts of wood product demand in Australia[2.2 MB] 
  • Status of Australia's Forest Genetic Resources[5.2 MB]
  • Regional socio-economic profiling of the forestry industry: Recommendations report[1.4 MB]​
  • Illegal logging regulation: analysis of regulated importers by business size​[2.2 MB]​
  • Illegal logging regulation: the affected community[7.8 MB]​
  • Illegal logging regulations: Analysis of Australia's timber imports in 2007 and 2010[2.2 MB]​
  • Potential effects of climat​e change on forests and forestry in Australia[5.7 MB]​
  • The Changing Face of Australia's Forests[1.5 MB]​
  • Opportunities for commercial environmental forestry in Australia [1.8 MB]
  • Tree measurement manual for farm foresters

State and territory publications

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Australian Capital Territory

  • Plans of management for the forested conservation reserves of the ACT
  • ACT Strategic Plantation Management Plan 2017-2022

New South Wales

  • Forestry Corporation of NSW publications
  • Forestry Corporation of NSW management plans

Northern Territory

  • Territory Natural Resource Management p​lans and publications
  • ​The forest fauna of the Northern Territory: knowledge, conservation and management​​ (2004) [0.6 MB]​
  • NT Department of Environment and Natural Resources Strategic Plan 2017-20

Queensland

  • Department of Agriculture and Fisheries – forestry plans and publications

South Australia

  • Forestry in South Australiabrochure [1.1 MB]
  • Forestry SA management plans
  • State and Regional NRM plans and Water Allocation plans

Tasmania

  • Tasmania's State of the Forests Report 2022
  • Sustainable Timber Tasmania management plans

Victoria

  • Victoria's State of the Forests Report 2018
  • VicForests Annual and Sustainability Reports​
  • VicForests Forest Management Plan

Western Australia

  • Forest Management Plan 2014-2023
  • Forest Products Commission plans, reports and publications

International publications

  • Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) - Key findings of FRA 2020, and past assessments by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, including Australia's Country Report 2020​
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