1.1a.i Forest area by type (2023) - Supporting information

This is Supporting information for 1.1a.i Forest area by type, published December 2023.

1.1a.i Forest area by type is one of four parts of Indicator 1.1a Area of forest by forest type and tenure.

Australia’s native forests are classified into nine structural classes (Figure 1.1a.i-4). The classification is based on:

1.1a.ii Forest area by tenure (2023)

This indicator (Indicator 1.1a) uses the area for each forest type over time as a broad measure of the extent to which forest ecosystems and their diversity are being maintained. Reporting on forest tenure aids our understanding of how different land management regimes may impact on forest biodiversity.

This part of Indicator 1.1a Area of forest by forest type and tenure, published December 2023, presents the area of Australia’s forests by tenure.

Alignment of Australia's indicators of sustainable forest management with the international Montreal Process indicators

In reporting on the state of its forests, Australia uses the seven criteria developed in 1995 by the international Montreal Process Working Group on Criteria and Indicators for the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Temperate and Boreal Forests. Indicators are nested under each of these criteria.

Indicator 6.5c: Resilience of forest-dependent communities to changing social and economic conditions (2024) - Supporting information

This is Supporting information for Indicator 6.5c, published July 2024.

Data for this Indicator were drawn from the 2021 Census of Population and Housing (ABS 2021a) and 2016 Census of Population and Housing (ABS 2016).

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