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.
The Gippsland Regional Forestry Hub is one of 11 similar organisations funded by the Australian Government to provide it with advice on supporting growth in the forest and wood products sector in key regions. The Gippsland Forestry Hub is in eastern Victoria, extending about 450 km from the eastern outskirts of Melbourne to the New South Wales border. The region is home to significant areas of public native forests and softwood plantations and a small but important hardwood plantation resource. The Gippsland economy has a significant reliance on the forest and wood products sector. The sector is currently going through a major transition with the planned cessation of native forest harvesting by 2024. Plantation expansion presents an important opportunity to assist that transition.
