Ecologically sustainable forest management

Sustainability ensures future generations have the same opportunities to meet their needs as our present generation.

The ecologically sustainable management of NSW’s Farm Forests for timber, biodiversity, culture, climate change and ecosystem services is key to ensuring future generations remain productive and sustainable.

The NSW Forest Management Framework establishes a comprehensive system for delivering ecologically sustainable forest management in NSW.

Ecologically sustainable forest management includes dimensions of economic, ecological, social and cultural sustainability:

• Economic sustainability secures the productivity of NSW’s farm forests in the long term.
• Ecological sustainability ensures the effective management of biodiversity, climate change and ecosystem services such as clean water and healthy soils.
• Cultural sustainability encompasses the collective knowledge and practice that we attribute to multiple-use forests and the thousands of years of active forest management and stewardship by Aboriginal peoples.
• Social sustainability means that farmers continue to have access to the economic and environmental benefits we all derive from multiple-use forests.

By considering all of these dimensions in the management of NSW’s Farm Forests, we can help maintain and manage multiple forest values and ensure farm forests continue to be a source of prosperity and well-being for future generations.

Local Land Services delivers practical advice and support services to help promote sustainable farm forestry.

NSW Forest Stewardship Pilot