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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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Monitoring, evaluation and learning

The Australian Government is accountable for ensuring the Future Drought Fund supports genuine improvements in drought preparedness and resilience.To do this, we:monitor and evaluate the fund’s effectiveness, efficiency, appropriateness and impactcapture lessons learnt within each program.…
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Growth juggernaut: Three billion empowered consumers

Source: Shutterstock.com Rapid growth in emerging economies, particularly in Asia, will lift incomes, expectations, and economic capacity. An expanded and empowered middle class will demand higher volumes and quality of food and fibre, including more protein – with rising expectations for…
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Financial performance of livestock farms

2021–22 to 2023–24Recent farm performanceAround 39% of Australian farm businesses are classified as broadacre livestock farms (34,000 farms), of which 22,100 were beef specialists, 8,900 were sheep specialists, and around 3,000 produced a mix of beef cattle and sheep (see Methodology).Farm…
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Australian dairy: financial performance of dairy farms

2017–18 to 2019–20Aruni Weragoda and James Frilay[expand all]Financial performanceFarm cash incomeDairy farm incomes are projected to have risen in 2019–20 because of higher milk prices, reduced quantities of fodder purchased and lower feed prices, despite persistent drought in some regions…
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Natural fibres

​​Michael Dylewski Global textile demand to remain strongIncome and population growth in key markets will support global deman​d for cotton‑based and woollen textiles over the outlook period to 2023–24.Expansion of the…
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Questions and Answers - pineapples from Malaysia

Release of draft import risk analysis for fresh decrowned pineapple fruit from Malaysia Questions and Answers –19 October 2011 Import risk analysis (IRA) Why is this IRA being undertaken? Australia…
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Summary

​​Rural research, development and extension (RD&E) has been a significant contributor to making Australia’s agriculture, fisheries and forestry industries into what they are today—world-leading,…
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Terms and conditions

On 1 July 2022, we became the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.We are updating our website to reflect our changed role. If you are looking for information about the environment and water portfolio, you will now find it on the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment…
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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)

This indicator monitors the degree to which land is placed under appropriate tenure classifications or management regimes to protect Indigenous peoples’ values in forests. An acceptable level of accountability for the protection of Indigenous peoples’ cultural, religious, social and spiritual needs…
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