New report: More Houses Sooner

An in-depth study to project the total dwellings required by 2034. The report indicates that Australia needs to deliver approximately 2.48 million new dwellings to keep pace with population growth and address historic unmet demand.
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Building safely with timber in bushfire zones – Australia, California & beyond (Ep. 36)

Our latest WoodChat episode focuses on one of the most pressing and devastating challenges faced by communities around the world, bushfires. At the time of recording, in January 2025, the catastrophic bushfires raging across Los Angeles have been dominating global headl…

FWPA Report more houses sooner - AUSTRALIAN HOUSING DEMAND AND TIMBER USE SCENARIOS TO 2034
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Understanding Australia’s Housing Challenge & Opportunities f…

FWPA Podcast WoodChat Building safely with timber in bushfire zones Ep 36
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Our latest WoodChat episode focuses on one of the most pressing and devastati…

Feeding Trees Essential Nutrition for Long-Term Forest Productivity
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The latest episode of FWPA’s WoodChat podcast, featuring researcher John Mc…

FWPA Report Assessing and managing mid-rotation wood quality in Australian softwood plantations to produce fit-for-purpose logs
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Assessing & managing mid-rotation wood quality in Australian softwood…

Transforming the forest & Wood products Industry

FWPA is a not-for-profit industry services company – sometimes referred to as an RDC (Rural Research and Development Corporation) – funded by the Federal Government, member levies and research grants. 

We collaborate with government and industry stakeholders to determine strategy, invest in effective and relevant R&D and deliver programs designed to grow the market for forest and wood products, increase productivity and profitability across the value chain and ensure positive environmental and social outcomes.

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FWPA Launches New Industry Standard to Support Recycled Timber Use - FWPA Standard G02 – Recycled Timber: Visually Graded Decorative Products
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Forest & Wood Products Australia (FWPA) is dedicated to driving industr…

FWPA Member Profile SFM 2025
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Established in Tasmania in 2001 by friends Andrew Morgan and David Wise, SFM h…

Australia's Farm, Fisheries & Forestry Growth (2014-2024) Trends & Insights
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An update from the desk of FWPA’s Statistics and Economics Program   I…

Softwood Sales and Softwood Prices Update 2024
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Softwood Sales Volume Note: More recent and granular data is available throu…

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Driving Industry Innovation: FWPA Launches New Industry Standard to Support Recycled Timber Use

Forest & Wood Products Australia (FWPA) is dedicated to driving industry progress, working together with members and key stakeholders to create, publish and support standards that meet the industry’s ever-changing needs. In response to industry demand for c…

FWPA RD&E Investments

We invite applications for funding of RD&E that helps advance research to benefit the commercial forest growing sector in Australia, support growth of the market for forest and wood products or increasing productivity and profitability across the value chain.

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Standards

FWPA’s Codes & Standards program aims to increase the use of wood-based products through the development and/or maintenance of key standards, codes and handbooks that are developed through a consensus-based process.

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Industry Data

The Statistics and Economics Program at FWPA provides reliable industry data to support stakeholder decision making and business planning.

Our public data portal serves as a dynamic hub, granting direct access to an extensive repository of both international and domestic data, all of which is publicly available.