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Indicator: LD-29 Area and proportion of forest under "best practice"

Data

• Old growth forests in Australia - conservation status and significance for timber production (PDF - 1014 KB) 

What the data mean

Under the Regional Forest Agreements, 3.7 million hectares of old growth forest are now in conservation reserves. This is 71 per cent of the total area (5.2 million hectares) of old growth in CRA/RFA regions.

Few data area available on area of forest protected by best practice techniques other than inclusion in a reserve system.

Data Limitations

The data shows only the area of old growth forest that is protected by virtue of being in reserves. It does not reflect on the area of unreserved old growth forests, of regrowth forests or of plantations under various types and quality of management.

Issues for which this is an indicator and why

Land - Societal responses - Responses to vegetation loss, carbon loss, species loss and species change 

Deforestation since European settlement has had a massive impact on the Australian landscape and its biodiversity. Area of remaining forest under various degrees and types of management provides insight into the quality of the national response to deforestation.

Other indicators for this issue:

• LD-27 Area and proportion of agricultural land under various aspects of "best practice" 
• LD-28 Percentage and area of farms with planted trees 
• LD-30 National area under plantation forestry 
• LD-31 Success of programs to reduce carbon loss and increase carbon sequestration 
• LD-38 Regions with investments having a major focus on salinity 
• BD-06 Measures taken to conserve species or ecological communities on land that is not part of the national reserve system 
• BD-17 Institutional response to loss of native vegetation 

Biodiversity - Landscapes - Government action on landscape protection 

Changes in area of forest under best practice would be in part an indicator for government action on this issue.

Other indicators for this issue:

• BD-17 Institutional response to loss of native vegetation 
• BD-19 Extent and comprehensiveness of terrestrial protected areas 
• BD-24 Government investments to protect biodiversity for public good purposes 
• NCH-01 Process of listing, area and distribution of identified natural heritage places 
• NCH-05 Physical condition and integrity of a sample of natural heritage places 
• NCH-09 Funding provided to heritage and other agencies for natural heritage places 
• NCH-13 Changes in heritage legislation 
• CO-34 Number and extent of Marine Protected Areas 
• LD-27 Area and proportion of agricultural land under various aspects of "best practice" 
• LD-28 Percentage and area of farms with planted trees 
• LD-30 National area under plantation forestry 
• LD-38 Regions with investments having a major focus on salinity 
• AAT-13 Number and area of protected areas