Wednesday 20 May 2026
A new national forestry education program, built on a century of professional training and designed to meet the demands of a rapidly changing sector, has graduated its first cohort. The milestone is the subject of a perspective piece …
MEDIA RELEASE
Wednesday 6 May 2026
A critically endangered parrot facing functional extinction by the end of this decade is being killed off primarily by an introduced predator, not by native forest harvesting, and a new peer-reviewed study argues that conservation strategies …
MEDIA RELEASE
Friday 20 March 2026
Setting a major new benchmark for the forestry sector, Forestry Australia and the New Zealand Institute of Forestry (NZIF) are proud to launch the Australia & New Zealand Forest Valuation Standard.
The ANZ Forest Valuation Standard, a joint NZIF and Forestry Australia initiative, is …
OPINION PIECE
January 2026
Victorians are living through another black summer, with fires burning through more than 400,000 hectares of forest and farmland and leaving communities from Natimuk to Walwa confronting loss. The scale of the damage underscores the …
MEDIA RELEASE
FRIDAY, 14 JANUARY 2022
The professional association represents forest scientists, professionals, managers and growers operating in all aspects of forest and natural resource management throughout Australia.
Forestry Australia President Bob Gordon said the association was concerned the decision to end native …
MEDIA RELEASE
Friday, 17 December 2021
The professional association for forest scientists, growers, managers in Australia has launched a new website in the latest step of its identity refresh, offering members and the public alike enhanced access to forestry resources.
Forestry Australia CEO Jacquie Martin said the new website continued the …
MEDIA RELEASE
25 November 2021
The professional association for forest scientists, growers and managers in Australia has expressed its concern at the escalating Victorian forest wars, saying changes are desperately needed in the way the State’s forests are managed.
Forestry Australia Vice President Dr Michelle Freeman …
MEDIA RELEASE
12 OCTOBER 2021
Active and adaptive forest management and increased integration of Indigenous knowledge with Western scientific evidence and technologies are key to restoring and maintain the health of Australia’s forests, the Forestry Australia national conference has heard on its opening day. .
Forestry Australia Vice President …
MEDIA RELEASE
11 OCTOBER 2021
IFA/AFG announces new identity – Forestry Australia The Institute of Foresters of Australia and Australian Forest Growers has changed its name to Forestry Australia.
Forestry Australia CEO Jacquie Martin said the new name better represented the broad scope of forest and land management work …
MEDIA RELEASE
THURSDAY 7 OCTOBER
The professional association representing some 1,000 forest scientists, researchers and professional forest land managers in Australia will soon be known by a new name.
The Institute of Foresters of Australia and Australian Forest Growers (IFA/AFG) has announced it will launch a new …