research funding to support Better than carbon neutral by 2050

This FWPA initiative supports Australia’s carbon commitments via the creation of a comprehensive decarbonisation roadmap for the forest and wood products industry.
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Housing for the future and the contribution of the timber industry

The FWPA Statistics & Economics Program Webinar Series, held in May and June 2024, focused on housing affordability and housing supply issues, and how the construction and timber industries are addressing them. The timber industry is well-known for its association w…

FWPA webinar: Assessing & managing mid-rotation wood quality in Australian softwood plantations to produce fit-for-purpose logs
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Final project workshop: ‘Assessing and managing mid-rotation wood q…

FWPA webinar report - Housing for the future and the contribution of the timber industry
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The FWPA Statistics & Economics Program Webinar Series, held in May and J…

An introduction to the business of small-scale forestry for farm forestry, private native forestry and Indigenous-managed forest lands
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An introduction to the business of small-scale forestry for farm forestry, p…

FWPA Private Forestry Reference search library
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Discover Forestry Publications and Guidance To facilitate your access to th…

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 opens public consultation on new industry-owned standards (3)
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Forest & Wood Products Australia (FWPA) has announced the opening of a pu…

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FWPA’s ForestLearning program is dedicated to bridging the gap betwe…

Maximising softwood investment through mid-rotation wood quality assessment
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How can Resistance Drilling technology help transform Australia’s softwoo…

FWPA nutrition reports: Decades of data inform nutrition programs for healthier & more productive plantations
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Three recently completed, FWPA-funded projects using data spanning 30 year…

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FWPA opens public consultation on new industry-owned standards

Forest & Wood Products Australia (FWPA) has announced the opening of a public consultation period for two draft standards to shape the future of recycled timber use in Australia. The proposed standards, FWPA Standard G01 for Recycled Structural Timber and FWPA Standa

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.

FWPA Forestry Research

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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.