Forestry
The department aims to foster and enable productive, profitable, internationally competitive and sustainable Australian forest and forest products industries.
Australian Forestry - Planning for Tomorrow, Today.
The Australian Government has developed a suite of communication products to promote the role of forestry, raise awareness of the Australian forestry industry and forests as a sustainably managed resource. These products reflect the breadth and value of the forest industry. Find out more.
National Forest Industries Plan - Growing a Better Australia – A Billion Trees for Jobs and Growth.
The Australian Government’s National Forest Industries Plan provides the vision and certainty needed for Australia’s forestry industry and supports the sustainable forest industries as long-term growth engines for regional Australia.
The plan also supports the forest industries aspirational goal of planting a billion new plantation trees over the next 10 years.
The Australian Government is supporting implementation of the Plan through the 2018-2019 Federal Budget with a $20 million commitment over four years.
For a copy of the National Forest Industries Plan, see Growing a Better Australia – A Billion Trees for Jobs and Growth
In this section
- Australia's forest industry
- Australia's forest policy
- The National Forest Industries Plan
- Exporting plants and plant products
- Wood packaging
- Australia's forests
- Australian Forestry - Planning for Tomorrow, Today
- International forestry
- Importing timber and wood
- Illegal logging
- Plantations and farm forestry
- Regional forest agreements
- Forestry and timber pests
- Sustainable forest management
- Wood export licensing
- Forestry certification