This criterion aims to cover the range of agents and processes that affect the health and vitality of native forests and commercial plantations, including the scale and impact of vertebrate and invertebrate pests, pathogens and weeds, environmental factors such as drought and extreme weather events, and the impacts of forest fire, including the area of forest burnt by planned fires and by unplanned fires.
Use the links below to access data and information reported for the two indicators of Criterion 3:
Indicator 3.1a Scale and impact of agents and processes affecting forest - planned to be updated in early 2024, see Australia's State of the Forests Report 2018 for current data.
Indicator 3.1b Area of forest burnt by planned and unplanned fire - planned to be updated in early 2024, see Australia's State of the Forests Report 2018 for current data.