New roadmap to energise oil mallee industry

A plan for the oil mallee industry to capitalise on opportunities such as the future carbon pollution reduction scheme was released in November 2008 by Forestry Minister Terry Redman.

Going casual for a cause

Every Friday, the FPC's head office staff go casual for a cause, raising over $3,000 in the last two years for various Western Australian charities and organisations.

Cleaner, greener electricity - one seedling at a time

FPC's unique partnership with Synergy is helping to lessen the impacts on the environment of prower generation, and deliver cleaner and greener power to your homes and businesses.

Forestry news

Great Southern nurseryman wins Tree Farming award - 30 October 2009: Great Southern nurseryman and landowner, Bill Hollingworth, received the WA Tree Farmer of the Year at the WA Landcare Awards dinner held in Geraldton last night.; Read more...
Much sought-after timber to go under the hammer - 28 October 2009: The Forest Products Commission is expecting a large crowd of wood enthusiasts and spirited interest from bidders who attend a log auction to be held in Harvey next week.; Read more...
FPC restructures for the future - 9 October 2009: The impact of a gas explosion on Varanus Island in 2008, losses in softwood plantations caused by wildfires and the global financial crisis have severely impacted on the Forest Products Commission.; Read more...

Greens poll perpetuates forestry myth - 4 September 2009: The Forest Products Commission (FPC) has described the findings of a recent poll on forestry as fabulously fictitious.; Read more...
New acoustic technology helps increase sustainable timber production - 2 September 2009: Financial returns and productivity from fire-damaged pine plantations at Pinjar and Yanchep have been maximised thanks to new acoustic tools now in use by the Forest Products Commission (FPC).; Read more...

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Forestry facts

Did you know..: Charles Edward Lane Poole, a Western Australian and arguably Australia’s most famous forester and our state's first Conservator of Forests, introduced systematic, science-based forestry into Western Australia in 1916.; Read more...