Directory - australia

Australia Forestry Associations

• Institute of Foresters of Australia (IFA) - Established in 1935, the Institute of Foresters of Australia is a professional body with over 1350 members engaged in all branches of forest management and conservation in Australia. The Institute is strongly committed to the principles of sustainable forest management and the processes and practices which translate these principles into outcomes.
• Australian Forest Growers (AFG) - Australian Forest Growers (AFG) is the national association representing and promoting private forestry and commercial treegrowing interests in Australia. If you grow trees commercially for wood or non-wood products, or you would like to, Australian Forest Growers can help you.
• Association of Consulting Foresters of Australia (ACFA) - The Association of Consulting Foresters of Australia (ACFA) was established in 1978 in response to the need to promote and protect the credibility and competence of Australia's consulting foresters.
• NSW Forest Products Association - The NSW Forest Products Association, formerly named the Associated Country Sawmillers of NSW Ltd, was established in 1906 as the representative organisation of the forest and forest products industry in NSW. The NSW Forest Products Association works in close cooperation with other timber industry bodies such as the Timber Development Association NSW, NAFI, A3P, Australian Forest Growers and Timber Communities Australia.
• Tasmanian Forest Contractors Association (TFCA) - Exclusively representing the interests of Tasmania’s diverse network of forest contractors, the Tasmanian Forest Contractors Association are involved at all levels of industry and government ensuring that the collective voice of the harvest, haulage, silviculture, site preparation, roading and quarry contractors are at the forefront of decision making.
• Victorian Association of Forest Industries - The Victorian Association of Forest Industries (VAFI) is the peak industry body of the native hardwood processing industry in Victoria.
• Australian Forest Contractors Association LTD (AFCA) - The Australian Forest Contractors Association Ltd (AFCA) was established in 2002 to look after the interests of the harvesting and haulage contractors within the timber industry across Australia. Membership is made up of both Associations of Contractors within the various states, and also individual Contractors from across Australia.
• Forest Industries Association of Tasmania - The Forest Industries Association of Tasmania is an employer body which was formed in 1983 to represent the interest of processors of Tasmanian forest products. Processing activities range from producing veneers, hardwood and softwood timber, panel products, pulp and paper to export woodchips.
• Timber Communities Australia (TCA) - Timber Communities Australia exists to encourage the sensible, balanced multiple use of our forests for the benefit of all Australians. Our aim is to secure long term access to natural resources to generate employment and a future for regional communities, and to ensure our unique Australian forests are scientifically evaluated and sustainable managed for the benefit of future generations and genetic diversity.
• Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) - The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) is the national industry body representing the resources, processing, and pulp and paper industries covering the forest products value chain.

Australia Forestry Education

• Fenner School of Environment & Society - With over 50 academic staff, more than a hundred PhD students and a full complement of support staff and services, Fenner School of Environment & Society is a major focus for integrated environmental research and training.
• Melbourne School of Land and Environment, Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science - Information about forestry related careers and courses at the University of Melbourne's Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science (Creswick and Parkville campuses).

Australian Government Forestry Resources

• Forest Products Commission - Forest Products Commission - developing the sustainable use of the States plantation and native forest resources in Western Australia.
• Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - A goal of the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is to assist our forestry industry to grow, improve and capitalise on new opportunities while protecting the environment and contributing to the prosperity and quality of life in rural and regional Australia.