Defined Forest Area Map
Our Defined Forest Area map is updated each year and defines the boundaries of our management control.
Defined Forest Area
The Defined Forest Area is the land and water to which the requirements of the Australian Standard for Sustainable Forest Management apply.
Operational maps
Our Sustainability Report shows the Defined Forest Area by operational division, forest management zone and forest.
Other maps and spatial data
We publish a wide range of maps and spatial data about the State forest estate on our Open Data site.
The Defined Forest Area provides the information needed for timber buyers with Chain of Custody (COC) Certification to the Australian Standard for Sustainable Forest Management or Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC).
More than 98 per cent of timber supplied by Forestry Corporation of NSW is certified to the Australian Standard for Sustainable Forest Management. Customers or auditors can check the certification of timber purchased from Forestry Corporation by reviewing the forest number provided in sales and folio reports, which identifies the forest from which the logs originated.
Within the Defined Forest Area, Forest Management Units (FMUs) differentiate areas with similar forest types, species composition, geographical location and silvicultural management regimes to assist in the systematic approach for auditing. We may periodically review the FMUs to better display the Defined Forest Area.