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Regional Forest Agreement

New South Wales

  • New South Wales has three Regional Forest Agreements, covering 15.1 million hectares of the State.
  • The RFAs established a Comprehensive, Adequate and Representative (CAR) reserve system in the regions of about 3.8 million hectares.
  • The native forest timber industry in the three regions makes a major contribution to the State's economy.

Eden region

The Commonwealth and New South Wales governments signed the Eden Regional Forest Agreement on 26 August 1999.

The RFA established a CAR reserve system covering about one third of the region and more than half of the region's public land. More than 255 000 hectares of the region is in dedicated reserves, with another 12 000 hectares in informal and other reserves.

The resource security provided by the RFA helped the region's $65 million native hardwood industry to attract new investment in value-adding facilities, explore new markets and create new jobs.



Last reviewed: 09 Apr 2008
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