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National Forest Policy Statement

​​​​The management of Australia's forests is guided by the 1992 National Forest Policy Statement (NFPS). The NFPS was signed by the Australian Government and all mainland state and territory governments in December 1992 and by the Tasmanian Government in April 1995.

As signatories to the NFPS, the Australian, state and territory governments are committed to the sustainable management of all Australian forests, whether the forest is on public or private land, or reserved or available for production.

In developing the NFPS, governments were mindful of the important conservation values of Australia's forests and of the contribution that forest activities make to the national economy and rural and regional communities. This is reflected in the Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs), which were a key outcome of the NFPS.

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Freedom of Information request

The department received a request (ref: FOI 2014/15-11) under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) for documents in relation to a proposed revision of the National Forest Policy Statement.

Documents released under the FOI Act are available on the department's FOI ​disclosure log​.

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