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.
Indicator 6.1b Values, quantities and use of non-wood forest products (2018) - to be updated in 2025.
Indicator 6.1c Value of forest based services (2018) - to be updated in 2025.
Indicator 6.1d Production and consumption and import/export of wood, wood products and non-wood products (2024) - updated October 2024.
Indicator 6.1e Degree of recycling of forest products (2018) - to be updated in 2025.
Indicator 6.2a Investment and expenditure in forest management (2018) - to be updated in 2025.
Indicator 6.2b Investment in research, development, extension and use of new and improved technologies (2024) - updated October 2024.
Indicator 6.3a Area of forest available for public recreation/tourism (2018) - to be updated in 2025.
Indicator 6.3b Range and use of recreation/tourism activities available (2018) - to be updated in 2025.
Indicator 6.4a Area of forest to which Indigenous people have use and rights that protect their special values and are recognised through formal and informal management regimes (2024) - updated October 2024.
Indicator 6.4b Registered places of non-Indigenous cultural value in forests that are formally managed to protect those values (2018) - to be updated in 2025.
Indicator 6.4c The extent to which Indigenous values are protected, maintained and enhanced through Indigenous participation in forest management (2018) - to be updated in 2025.
Indicator 6.4d The importance of forests to people (2018) - to be updated in 2025.
Indicator 6.5a Direct and indirect employment in the forest sector (2024) - updated July 2024.
Indicator 6.5b Wage rates and injury rates within the forest sector (2024) - updated July 2024.
Indicator 6.5c Resilience of forest dependent communities to changing social and economic conditions (2024) - updated July 2024.
Indicator 6.5d Resilience of forest dependent Indigenous communities to changing social and economic conditions (2024) - updated July 2024.