An introduction to the business of small-scale forestry for farm forestry, private native forestry and Indigenous-managed forest lands. This document is part of a series of four guidance reports that cover topics related to small-scale farm forestry, private native forestry, and Indigenous managed forest lands. Learn more about the other reports and documents via this link.
To meet Australia’s, and the world’s, increasing demand for wood fibre requires a policy approach that maximises the role of small-scale, privately owned forests. There are barriers to participation of private landholders and Indigenous groups in commercial forestry.
One of the most significant obstacles is limited knowledge about how plantations and native forests can be managed as a legitimate and profitable land use that contributes meaningfully to Australia’s future wood fibre needs. Forest & Wood Products Australia (FWPA), with funding from the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF), engaged Greenwood Strategy Solutions Pty Ltd to undertake a comprehensive project to collect, collate, analyse and make available the large volume of trials and publications related to the topic and to prepare detailed guidance materials that will help break down these knowledge barriers.
The guidance materials are intended to provide an introduction to the business of commercial forestry for Indigenous landowners and land managers and small scale owners of plantations and native forests.
