This indicator outlines the support that the legal system gives to the sustainable management of forests. A legal system that ensures transparency and public participation in policy and decision-making processes supports the continuous improvements in sustainable forest management.

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.​

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.

This criterion reports on the role of Australia’s forests in the carbon cycle​, including the amount of carbon stored in Australia’s forests, and the effects of natural disturbance, forest management and forest land-use change on forest carbon dynamics. It also reports the amount of carbon stored in wood products.

Use the link below to access data and information reported for the one indicator of Criterion 5:

This criterion is concerned with two of the fundamental components of a forest ecosystem: soil and water. Forests are important for soil conservation because they contribute directly to soil production and maintenance, and prevent or reduce soil erosion. Forested catchments also provide and protect high-quality water supplies for a range of uses.​

Use the links below to access data and information reported for the five indicators of Criterion 4:

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:

This criterion aims to provide insights into whether Australia’s native forests and commercial plantations used to produce wood and non-wood products are managed in a way that maintains their capacity to continue to produce those products in the long term.​

Use the links below to access data and information reported for the five indicators of Criterion 2:

This criterion reports on the extent to which the legal, institutional and economic frameworks in Australia support sustainable forest management, specifically the conservation, maintenance or enhancement of the forest attributes described in Criteria 1-6 of Australia's State of the Forests Report 2018. The indicators also report on the extent to which these frameworks support the capacity to monitor change and to conduct and apply research and development to forest management.

Australia’s Indigenous peoples and communities, which comprise all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities, value forests for a range of cultural, social and economic reasons. Substantial areas of Australia’s land and forest estate also have recognised ownership, management, or special rights of access or use by Indigenous peoples and communities, and together make up the Indigenous estate.

This criterion addresses aspects of the conservation of the biological diversity of forests, which is a key part of sustainable forest management​. Biodiversity refers to the full range of plants, animals and microorganisms occurring in a given area, the genes they contain and the ecosystems they form.

Use the links below to access data and information reported for the nine indicators of Criterion 1, noting that Indicator 1.1a is reported across four parts:

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 in Regional Forest Agreement regions by forest category, type and tenure.