Certification
Our sustainable forest management certification
Forestry Corporation's management of State forests is certified to Australian Standard for Sustainable Forest Management under the Responsible Wood Certification System.
This standard has been recognised through the international Programme for Endorsement of Certification Scheme (PEFC), which guarantees that timber has been grown and harvested from a sustainable forest. Worldwide certification programs aim to prevent unregulated or illegally logged forest timber entering international markets. Buying certified local timber not only helps to reduce the market for timber from unregulated forests, but it also reduces emissions from importing timber. The certification status of any certified forestry business can be viewed in the certification register on the Responsible Wood website.
The Responsible Wood Certification System sets criteria that our forestry management must meet, including:
- forestry activities undertaken in a systematic manner that addresses a range of forest values
- provide for public participation and foster productive community relationships, particularly with neighbours
- protect and maintain the biological diversity of forests, including their successional stages across the regional landscape
- maintain the productive capacity of forests
- maintain forest ecosystem health and vitality
- protect soil and water resources
- maintain forests’ contribution to the carbon cycle
- protect and maintain the natural, cultural, social, religious and spiritual heritage values of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people
- maintain and enhance long-term social and economic benefits.
Our Forest Management System sets the framework for achieving and continually improving our environmental performance by systematically measuring and monitoring performance.
Audit summaries
Forestry Corporation undergoes regular external audits to ensure it maintains compliance with these standards. Summaries of external audit reports provided by certification bodies are available below.
- Softwood Plantations Division Summary Audit Report - July 2023 PDF, 91.71 KB
- Hardwood Forests Division Summary Audit Report - July 2023 PDF, 92.54 KB
Responsible Wood certificates
Click on the certification numbers below to view the associated certificate.
Division | AS 4708:2021 |
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Hardwood Forests Division | AFS 604224 |
Softwood Plantations Division | AFS 640602 |