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Sustainably managed forests
Our sustainable forest management systems independent accreditation under the Australian Forestry Standard AS 4708-2007 (AFS) provides customers, stakeholders, neighbours and other forest users, with the assurance that our forest assets are managed in a demonstrably sustainable manner.
Around 60% of FPQ managed lands are allocated to sustainable hardwood and softwood plantation production. The remaining 40% are managed for fire protection, conservation and other community values, specifically public recreation.
Australian Forestry Standard
The Australian Forestry Standard was developed in 2002 by the Primary Industries Ministerial Council in partnership with the National Association of Forest Industries, forest growers and the then Plantation Timber Association of Australia.
It is the first Australian standard of its kind and sets criteria for sustainable forest management from an economic, social, environmental and cultural perspective.
Mutual recognition of the AFS with other similar national schemes by the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes (PEFC) confers international status on the AFS.
Environmental Credentials
AFS certification enhances Forestry Plantations Queensland's already excellent environmental credentials, including its earlier certification (as DPI Forestry) to the international environmental standard ISO 14001.
The AFS goes further than ISO 14001 by focusing on sustainable forest management, addressing aspects such as maintaining biological diversity, ecosystem health and vitality, soil and water quality and protecting indigenous cultural and spiritual values.
For more information on Forestry Plantations Queensland's AFS activities contact the General Manager, Stewardship and Risk Management, Forestry Plantations Queensland, on telephone (07) 3828 4912.
Sustainability Publications
General
Sustainability policy (2011) (890 KB)
Forest Stewardship Plan (2011) (3.67 MB)
Certification and surveillance audit reports
AFS statement of certification 2011 (2 MB)
AFS summary report 2011 (334 KB)
Customer information
In support of the AFS Chain of Custody Certification Scheme, Forestry Plantations Queensland provides the following information to help assist Chain of Custody (CoC) certification holders to verify that the timber they have purchased from Forestry Plantations Queensland has been harvested from a plantation that is certified under the AFS Certification Scheme.
Please note that the pdf files containing the list of plantation compartment numbers is updated at the beginning of each financial year to reflect the addition of compartments established during the preceding year and the removal of compartments harvested during the preceding year.
The numbering system used for compartments is as follows:
- First rotation compartments are allocated a number from 001 to 199;
- Second rotation compartments are allocated a number from 200 to 299; and
- Third rotation compartments will be allocated a number from 300 to 399.
Defined forest areas
As at 31 December 2011, Forestry Plantations Queensland’s defined forest area consisted of 299,676 hectares of State plantation licence land and 36,219 hectares of freehold title land.
The location of the defined forest area is displayed on the maps below.
Maps
Defined Forest Area Index Map (352 KB)
Northern Region
North Region compartment list 2011 (5 KB)
Atherton (1.5 MB)
Byfield (1.3 MB)
Bulburin-Kalpowar (971 KB)
Cardwell-Ingham (769 KB)
Cathu (1.4 MB)
Inland Region
Inland Region compartment list 2011 (13 KB)
Mundubbera (771 KB)
Kingaroy (955 KB)
Blackbutt-Imbil (2.4 MB)
Pechey-Esk-Gambubal (4 MB)
Passchendaele (1.8 MB)
Coastal Region
Coastal Region compartment list 2011 (7 KB)
Elliott River-Wongi (1.8 MB)
Tuan-Toolara (2.4 MB)
Beerburrum (1.8 MB)
Palen Creek (2.2 MB)
Last updated 6 February 2012