Sustainably managed forests

The Queensland Government's commercial plantation forest grower, Forestry Plantations Queensland, is independently certified to the Australian Forestry Standard (AFS).

AFS certification recognises Forestry Plantations Queensland as a leading environmental agency as well as a premier forest management organisation.

It also gives Queensland's timber industry access to a "chain of custody" process for green labelling its products as coming from sustainably managed forest resources when sourced from Forestry Plantations Queensland.

Australian Forestry Standard 

The Australian Forestry Standard was developed in 2002 by the Primary Industries Ministerial Council in partnership with the National Association of Forest Industries, forest growers and the then Plantation Timber Association of Australia.

It is the first Australian standard of its kind and sets criteria for sustainable forest management from an economic, social, environmental and cultural perspective.

Mutual recognition of the AFS with other similar national schemes by the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes (PEFC) confers international status on the AFS.

Environmental Credentials

AFS certification enhances Forestry Plantations Queensland's already excellent environmental credentials, including its earlier certification (as DPI Forestry) to the international environmental standard ISO 14001.

The AFS goes further than ISO 14001 by focusing on sustainable forest management, addressing aspects such as maintaining biological diversity, ecosystem health and vitality, soil and water quality and protecting indigenous cultural and spiritual values.

For more information on Forestry Plantations Queensland's AFS activities contact the Manager, Sustainability and Risk Management, Forestry Plantations Queensland, on telephone (07) 3895 3369.

More information on the Australian Forestry Standard and the Australian Forest Certification Scheme (AFCS)

Sustainability Publications

General 
Certification and surveillance audit report 
Customer information 
Pest management strategy 

General

 Statement of AFS certification (2009)  (download - 644 kB)
 Sustainability policy (2008)  (320 kB)
 Sustainable plantation management : an overview of Forestry Plantations Queensland's sustainable forest management activities (2009)  (1.3 mB)

Certification and surveillance audit reports

 AFS summary report June 2009  (32 kB)
 AFS summary report November 2008  (48 kB)
 AFS summary report May 2008  (56 kB)
  AFS summary report September 2007  (62 kB)
 AFS summary report January 2007 (35 kB)
  AFS summary audit report June 2006 (339 kB)

Customer information

In support of the AFS Chain of Custody Certification Scheme, Forestry Plantations Queensland provides the following information to help assist Chain of Custody (CoC) certification holders to verify that the timber they have purchased from Forestry Plantations Queensland has been harvested from a plantation that is certified under the AFS Certification Scheme. 

Please note that the pdf files containing the list of plantation compartment numbers is updated at the beginning of each financial year to reflect the addition of compartments established during the preceding year and the removal of compartments harvested during the preceding year.

The numbering system used for compartments is as follows:

• First rotation compartments are allocated a number from 001 to 199;
• Second rotation compartments are allocated a number from 200 to 299; and
• Third rotation compartments will be allocated a number from 300 to 399.

Defined forest areas

As at 30 June 2009, Forestry Plantations Queensland’s defined forest area consisted of 299,128 hectares of State plantation forest and 33,169 hectares of freehold title land. The area of State plantation forest that Forestry Plantations Queensland declares as being defined forest areas is itself defined in the Forestry Plantations Queensland Regulation 2006.

The location of the defined forest area is displayed on the maps below.

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Beerburrum FMA
 Beerburrum FMA compartment list  (8 kB)
 Map - Beerburrum FMA - Beerburrum  (313 kB)
 Map - Beerburrum FMA - Crows Nest - Pechey   (250 kB)
 Map - Beerburrum FMA - Maroochydore  (234 kB)
 Map - Beerburrum FMA - Stanthorpe  (195 kB)

Burnett FMA
 Burnett FMA compartment list  (9 kB)
 Map - Burnett FMA - Kalpowar  (158 kB) 
 Map - Burnett FMA - Mt Mee - Deer Reserve  (193 kB) 
 Map - Burnett FMA - Palen Creek  (169 kB) 
 Map - Burnett FMA - Yarraman - Nanango - Blackbutt  (302 kB)

Capricorn FMA
 Capricorn FMA compartment list  (7 kB)
 Map - Capricorn FMA - Byfield  (205 kB)

Fraser Coast FMA
 Fraser Coast FMA compartment list  (8 kB)
 Maps - Fraser Coast FMA - Toolara - Tuan  (423 kB)
 Maps - Fraser Coast FMA - Wongi -Elliott River  (269 kB)

Ingham FMA
 Ingham FMA compartment list  (8 kB)
 Map - Ingham FMA - Atherton - Cardwell - Ingham  (226 kB)
 Map - Ingham FMA - Cathu  (260 kB)
 Map - Ingham FMA - Clermont  (174 kB)

Mary Valley FMA
 Mary Valley FMA compartment list  (10 kB)
 Map - Mary Valley FMA - Mary Valley - Gallangowan - Jimna  (281 kB)

Non-FMA
 Non-FMA compartment list  (12 kB)
Non-FMA maps are indicated in each of the listed FMA maps. 

Pest management strategy

As part of its commitment to the ongoing sustainability of its forests and forest plantation management, Forestry Plantations Queensland is represented on the Queensland Government’s State Land Pest Management Committee (SLPMC). In keeping with this commitment, Forestry Plantations Queensland has a Pest Management Strategy that:

• coordinates pest management across land tenures
• reduces adverse impacts of declared pests on land under its control
• provides a cohesive approach to pest management across government agencies, local government, the community and industry
• improves public awareness of pest management issues and controls.

 Sustainable Forest Management System (SFMS) Pest management strategy (2008)  (96 kB)

Last updated 17 September 2009