SUSTAINABILITY

Within the next decade, 90% of Western Australia's timber products are expected to come from plantations. To ensure this is achievable, all timber planting, harvesting and marketing is managed with a strong sustainability focus.

The Forest Products Commission (FPC) is responsible for the sustainable management of all WA timbers, whether they are located on private or public land.

The three principles by which the FPC supports sustainable forest management are:

• maintaining the ecological processes within forests (the formation of soil, energy flows, and carbon, nutrient and water cycles)
• maintaining the biological diversity of forests
• optimising the full range of environmental, economic and social benefits the community from all uses