Western Australia's public native forests are managed by the Department of Conservation and Land Management for many diverse values, including nature conservation, tourism and recreation, water catchment protection and timber production.
In February 2001, the State Government ended logging in all old-growth forest vested with the Conservation Commission of Western Australia and began a process of creating two new conservation parks and 30 new national parks, including the 12 new national parks promised under the WA Regional Forest Agreement.
A major capital works program to upgrade visitor facilities in existing and proposed conservation reserves and other forest areas also got under way.
The Forest Management Plan 2004-2013, which came into effect on 1 January 2004, provides for increased protection of forest values and better forest management in the State's south-west. Copies of the plan can be obtained from the Department's Kensington office , and the regional offices in Bunbury , Manjimup and Albany .
Further details are provided on the following pages:
- Review of Factors Affecting Disturbance of Soils ( 2.7mb, pdf )
- Conserving our Tuarts - includes Draft Tuart Conservation and Management Strategy
- Fauna Habitat Zones
The Forest Management Plan 2004-2013 introduces fauna habitat zones to maintain fauna populations and to provide a source for the recolonisation of nearby areas after timber harvesting. - Forest Management Plan 2004–2013 ( 915kB pdf file ), associated maps (HTML) and Ministerial Conditions ( 70kB pdf file )
- Forest Industry Statement January 2004 ( 342kB pdf file ) - links in new window to Forest Products Commission website
- Beekeeping on Crown Land in Western Australia
- Forest Management Plan 1994-2003 Ministerial Condition 11.1 Panel Report ( 163kb pdf file )
- Forest Structural Goals ( 209kB pdf file )
- Dieback Consultative Council
The primary function of the Dieback Consultative Council is to provide high quality advice to the Minister for the Environment in relation to Phytophthora root-rot disease in Western Australia. - Arbor Day
- Fire and Forests
- Forests Filled with Fauna
- Forest Management and Dieback
- How Forest Management Protects Water Supplies
- Protecting our Biodiversity
- Tourism and Recreation in our Forests
