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Secondary Forests Australia

  • 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
      • 1.1b: Area of forest by growth stage
      • 1.1c: Area of forest protected for conservation
        • 1.1c: supporting information
      • 1.1d: Fragmentation of forest cover
        • 1.1d: supporting information
      • 1.2a: Forest dwelling species
        • 1.2a: supporting information
      • 1.2b: Threatened forest dwelling species
        • 1.2b: supporting information
      • 1.2c: Representative species monitored
      • 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)
      • 2.1d: Annual removal of non-wood products compared to sustainable volumes
      • 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
      • 4.1b: Management of the risk of soil erosion
      • 4.1c: Management of the risks to soil physical properties
      • 4.1d: Management of the risks to water quantity
      • 4.1e: Management of the risks to water quality
    • 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
      • 6.1b: Values, quantities and use of non-wood forest products
      • 6.1c: Value of forest based services
      • 6.1d: Production, consumption, import/export of wood and non-wood products
      • 6.1e: Degree of recycling of forest products
      • 6.2a: Investment and expenditure in forest management
      • 6.2b: Investment in research and development
        • 6.2b: supporting information
      • 6.3a: Area available for public recreation/tourism
      • 6.3b: Recreation/tourism activities available
      • 6.4a: Area of forest managed to protect the special values of Indigenous people
      • 6.4b: Registered places of non-Indigenous cultural value protected
      • 6.4c: Indigenous values protected through participation in forest management
      • 6.4d: The importance of forests to people
      • 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
      • 7.1c: Economic framework
      • 7.1d: Capacity to measure and monitor changes
      • 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

Criterion 6: Maintenance and enhancement of long-term multiple socioeconomic benefits to meet the needs of societies

Use the links below to access data and information reported for the seventeen indicators of Criterion 6:

Indicator 6.1a Value and volume of wood and wood products (2024) - updated October 2024.

Indicator 6.1b Values, quantities and use of non-wood forest products (2025) - updated December 2025.

Indicator 6.1c Value of forest based services (2018) - to be updated in 2026.

Indicator 6.1d Production and consumption and import/export of wood, wood products and non-wood products (2024) - updated October 2024.

Indicator 6.1e Degree of recycling of forest products (2018) - to be updated in 2026.

Indicator 6.2a Investment and expenditure in forest management (2018) - to be updated in 2026.

Indicator 6.2b Investment in research, development, extension and use of new and improved technologies (2024) - updated October 2024.

Indicator 6.3a Area of forest available for public recreation/tourism (2018) - to be updated in 2026.

Indicator 6.3b Range and use of recreation/tourism activities available (2018) - to be updated in 2026.

Indicator 6.4a Area of forest to which Indigenous people have use and rights that protect their special values and are recognised through formal and informal management regimes (2024) - updated October 2024.

Indicator 6.4b Registered places of non-Indigenous cultural value in forests that are formally managed to protect those values (2018) - to be updated in 2026.

Indicator 6.4c The extent to which Indigenous values are protected, maintained and enhanced through Indigenous participation in forest management (2018) - to be updated in 2026.

Indicator 6.4d The importance of forests to people (2018) - to be updated in 2026.

Indicator 6.5a Direct and indirect employment in the forest sector (2024) - updated July 2024.

Indicator 6.5b Wage rates and injury rates within the forest sector (2024) - updated July 2024.

Indicator 6.5c Resilience of forest dependent communities to changing social and economic conditions (2024) - updated July 2024.

Indicator 6.5d Resilience of forest dependent Indigenous communities to changing social and economic conditions (2024) - updated July 2024.

This criterion aims to show the extent to which Australia's forests contribute to national and regional economies, benefit personal and community wellbeing, and support cultural values.​

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