Indicator 1.3b: Native forest and plantations of indigenous timber species which have genetic resource conservation mechanisms in place (2024) - Supporting information

This is Supporting information for Indicator 1.3b, published October 2024.

Table 1.3b-1 lists the key native (indigenous) plantation species grown for timber (or essential oils) in Australia for which seed collections are available for research and commercial purposes (wild-collected seed or improved through tree breeding). 

Table 1.3b-1: Key plantation species with reproductive material available in seed collections in Australia

Table 1.3b-2 lists the active tree-breeding and/or improvement programs that exist for more than 27 native wood-producing and oil-producing species and varieties, including provenance (locality) or parentage of the seed, and the organisations that manage them for which trial data are available as at February 2021.

Table 1.3b-2: Key plantation species in active tree improvement or breeding programs in Australia. Includes species names and responsible organisations.

Table 1.3b-3 lists the number of active tree improvement programs for key native plantation species for which trial data were available as at December 2020.

Table 1.3b-3: Tree improvement trials for main species in Australia under active management. Shows numbers of prevenance trials, progeny trials and clonal testing and development.

Click here for a Microsoft Excel workbook of the data for Table 1.3b-3.

Table 1.3b-4 lists the range of species grown in seed orchards. This list contains more species than are represented in current tree improvement programs.

Table 1.3b-4: Plantation species in seed orchards in Australia. Shows number, generation and size of seed orchards by species.

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Lott R, Read SM (2021). Status of Australia’s Forest Genetic Resources 2021. Australia’s Country Report for The Second Report on the State of the World’s Forest Genetic Resources. Prepared for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ABARES Research Report 21.15. November 2021 Canberra. CC BY 4.0, doi.org/10.25814/dnv3-vj64  

Further information

Click here for Key information on Indicator 1.3b: Native forest and plantations of indigenous timber species which have genetic resource conservation mechanisms in place (2024), including:

  • Key points
  • In situ conservation
  • Ex situ conservation
  • Tree improvement and breeding
  • Genetic research for species management
  • International engagement and collaboration 

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This publication (and any material sourced from it) should be attributed as: Montreal Process Implementation Group for Australia (MIG) and National Forest Inventory Steering Committee (NFISC) 2024, Indicator 1.3b: Native forest and plantations of indigenous timber species which have genetic resource conservation mechanisms in place, Australia’s State of the Forests Report, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, Canberra, October. CC BY 4.0.