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Criterion 7: Legal, institutional and economic framework for forest conservation and sustainable management

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…
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Criterion 4: Conservation and maintenance of soil and water resources

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…
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Criterion 5: Maintenance of forest contribution to global carbon cycles

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…
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Indicator 3.1b: Area of forest burnt by planned and unplanned fire (2024) - Supporting information

This is the Supporting information for Indicator 3.1b, published October 2024. Area of forest fire by year, jurisdiction and planned/unplanned status, 2016-17 to 2020-21: full tableThe area of planned fire remained relatively constant in most jurisdictions over the period of 2016-17 to 2020-21…
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Indicator 6.2b: Investment in research, development, extension and use of new and improved technologies (2024) - Supporting information

This is Supporting information for Indicator 6.2b, published October 2024.Industry definitionsThe Australian forestry and forest products industries are defined according to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC) 2006. The forestry industry is equivalent to…
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Indicator 1.3a: Forest associated species at risk from isolation and the loss of genetic variation, and conservation efforts for those species (2024) - Supporting information

This is Supporting information for Indicator 1.3a, published October 2024.Assessment of genetic-related threatsGenetic-related threats were assessed for all 244 listed threatened forest-dwelling vertebrate fauna and 983 listed threatened forest-dwelling vascular flora described in Indicator 1.2b…
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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.Tabular species dataTable 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-…
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Indicator 6.1a: Value and volume of wood and wood products (2024) - Supporting information

This is Supporting information for Indicator 6.1a, published October 2024.Industry definitionsThe Australian forestry and forest products industries are defined according to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC) 2006. The forestry industry is equivalent to…
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