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The NSW and Australian governments are required to review the RFAs every 5 years to assess progress regarding ecologically sustainable forest management.

As part of the NSW Government’s commitment to regulatory modernisation, the Forestry Legislation Amendment Act 2018 repealed provisions in the Forestry Act 2012 that made NSW Forest Agreements prerequisites for Integrated Forestry Operations Approvals (IFOAs).

Integrated Forestry Operations Approvals (IFOAs) set environmental rules for how forestry operations can be carried out in State Forests and Crown Timber Lands in NSW. We inspect these operations to make sure they are following the rules, and can take action if they are not.

The Coastal Integrated Forestry Operations Approvals (IFOA) is required to deliver ecologically sustainable forest management in NSW forests, securing a long-term forestry industry, and establishing credible, effective and enforceable environmental regulations for forestry operations.

The Coastal IFOA includes limits on the harvesting practices used by Forestry Corporation NSW to ensure harvesting operations are distributed across the landscape and over time, to support a mosaic of forest age classes and maintain forest structure in the operational area or local landscape area.

This page explains the measurement of diameter at stump height over bark (DSHOB) as defined in the Coastal Integrated Forestry Operations Approval (IFOA).

The National Park Estate (South-Western Cypress Reservations) Act 2010 established more than 47,000 hectares of parks across western NSW while providing certainty for timber operations and timber-dependent communities. Timber harvesting was able to continue in state forests and western land leases under the South Western Cypress Region Integrated Forestry Operations Approval (SWC IFOA).

The pursuit of sustainable forestry is permitted within allocated areas in Brigalow and Nandewar as one of the multiple uses granted by the Community Conservation Area (CCA) Agreement for the region.

Everything you need to know about historical changes to how native forestry is managed and regulated in NSW. Previous reforms inform our current forestry review processes and identify areas for future reform.