| ABARE |
Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics |
| AFG |
Australian Forest Growers |
| ALGA |
Australian Local Government Association |
| ATO |
Australian Taxation Office |
| Biodiversity |
Biological diversity is the variety of all life forms -the plants, animals and micro-organisms - their genes and the ecosystems they inhabit. |
| Buffer |
A strip of land (often including undisturbed vegetation) where disturbance is not allowed or is closely monitored to preserve or enhance aesthetic and other qualities along or adjacent to roads, trails, watercourses and recreation sites. |
| Carbon accounting |
Estimation of the amount of carbon in an ecosystem and changes in the amount stored. Carbon accounting in forests refers to estimating changes in carbon stored arising from activities such as reforestation. |
| Carbon sink |
Components of the land and biomass where carbon is held in non-gaseous form for substantial periods of time. |
| CAR Reserve System |
Comprehensive, Adequate and Representative Reserve System |
| Catchment |
The area determined by topographic features within which rainfall will contribute to runoff at a particular point under consideration |
| CIE |
Centre for International Economics |
| Clearfelling |
The process of removing all trees, large and small, in a stand in one cutting operation. |
| Coupe |
A small management area of a forest in which harvesting and forest regeneration may occur. |
| CRA |
A Comprehensive Regional Assessment (CRA) is a scientific assessment of the environmental, social and economic values that forests provide. |
| DAFF |
Commonwealth Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry |
| Deforestation |
Deforestation is the permanent removal of forest. The forest is cleared and the land is then used for other purpose, such as agriculture or urban development |
| DPIWE |
(Tasmanian) Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment |
| EA |
Environment Australia |
| Ecosystem |
A dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their non-living environment interacting as a functional unit. (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 definition). |
| EPBC Act |
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 |
| Exotic |
Species of plant or animal found in a region where it does not occur naturally. |
| Forest |
An area incorporating all living and non-living components, dominated by trees having usually a single stem and a mature (or potentially mature) stand height exceeding 5m, with existing or potential projective foliage cover of overstorey strata, about equal to or greater than 30%. This definition includes native forests and plantations, regardless of age, and areas of trees sometimes described as woodlands. |
| Forest Estate |
All forests growing on public or private lands. |
| FPB |
(Tasmanian) Forest Practices Board |
| Forest Practices Code |
Guidelines and standards used in planning forest operations to ensure environmental protection. This code is required under the Forest Practices Act 1985. |
| Forest Practices Plan |
A plan for forest operations, specified in Section 18 of the Forest Practices Act 1985. |
| FT |
Forestry Tasmania |
| Fuel reduction burn |
A fire of low intensity carried out under closely controlled conditions to reduce the quantity of accumulated dead fuel from the forest floor, without damaging standing timber. Also called low intensity prescribed burn. |
| FWPRDC |
Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation |
| Hardwood |
Timber from flowering trees, such as eucalyptus, irrespective of the physical hardness of the timber; also used to refer to the trees that have such timber. |
| IFA |
Institute of Foresters of Australia |
| MCFFA |
Ministerial Council on Forestry, Fisheries and Aquaculture |
| MinCo |
Ministerial Council |
| Monoculture |
A large area of a single species. |
| NAFI |
National Association of Forest Industries |
| Native forest |
Any local indigenous community, the dominant species of which is trees and containing through its growth the complement of native species and habitats normally associated with that forest type or having the potential to develop these characteristics. It includes forests with these characteristics that have been regenerated with human assistance following disturbance. It excludes plantations of native species and previously logged native forest that has been regenerated with non-endemic native species. |
| NCC |
National Competition Council |
| NFPS |
National Forest Policy Statement |
| NHMB |
Natural Heritage Ministerial Board |
| Non-wood products |
Non-wood products are of biological origin other than wood derived from forests, other wooded land and trees outside forests. Examples include products used as food and food additives (edible nuts, mushrooms, fruits, herbs, spices and condiments, aromatic plants, game), fibres (used in construction, furniture, clothing or utensils), resins, gums, and plant and animal products used for medicinal, cosmetic or cultural purposes. |
| Old-growth forest |
Ecologically mature forest where the effects of disturbances are now negligible. |
| Peeler log |
A log for rotary peeling for structural-grade plywood. |
| PFCC |
Private Forests Consultative Committee |
| PFDC |
Private Forestry Development Committee |
| PFE |
Private Forest Estate |
| Plantation |
Intensively managed stands of trees either native or exotic species created by the regular placement of seedlings or seeds. |
| Private forest |
Private forests are on private property. They are owned and managed by individuals or companies. |
| PTAA |
Plantation Timber Association of Australia |
| Public forest |
Public forests are forests managed by the government on behalf of the people. These forests include State forests, national parks and many other types of reserves (any forest on Crown land for which management responsibility has been delegated to government agencies, local governments or other instrumentalities). |
| Pulp |
Material made up of separate fibres that is used to make paper. |
| Pulpwood |
Pulpwood is logs not of suitable quality or size for sawing that instead are processed into woodchips, mainly for the production of paper. |
| Reserves |
Reserves are forests that are set aside from timber production, either by formal [legal] means, as in the case of national parks, or by informal means, such as management decisions in a management plan. |
| RFA |
Regional Forest Agreement - an agreement between the Commonwealth and Tasmanian government about the long-term management and use of forests in a region. |
| Riparian |
The riparian zone refers to the area directly adjacent to a waterway. |
| Rotation |
In forestry, the planned number of years between regeneration and final harvesting of a stand of trees. Rotation length is used in forest management planning to determine sustainable yield. |
| Roundwood |
Sawlogs, pulpwood, poles, etc, in round form. |
| RPC |
Regional Plantation Committee |
| Salinity/salinisation |
The level of salt in water or soil. Salinisation is the process of increasing salinity levels. |
| Sawlogs |
Sawlogs are logs of suitable size and quality for milling into sawn timber, veneer, poles or sleepers. |
| Sawn timber |
Solid timber that has been cut into boards for use in construction or furniture. |
| Sawnwood |
Timber produced by sawing logs into particular sizes for uses such as building. |
| SCF |
Standing Committee on Forestry |
| Selective logging |
Felling and removing part of the forest crop, usually according to a specified silvicultural prescription. |
| Silviculture |
The science and technology of managing forest establishment, composition and growth. |
| Slash burn |
Burning material left on the ground after harvesting operations, including tree heads, shrubs and other non-merchantable woody material. Usually done in the late summer or early autumn. |
| Softwood |
A softwood is the wood from a conifer, such as a pine tree. Tree species defined by anatomical characteristics that commonly (but not always) produce softer, lighter timber. Pinus is the principal softwood plantation genus in Australia. |
| State forest |
(Tasmania) Land managed by Forestry Tasmania under the Forestry Act 1920, including purchased land. |
| Sustainable yield |
Sustainable yield refers to the amount of timber that may be harvested from a forest without the forest qualities declining in the long term. It varies over time, as forests grow and change, and is not constant. |
| TIMA |
Treefarm Investment Managers Australia |
| TIRES |
Timber Industry Road Evaluation Studies |
| Veneer log |
A log for producing veneer, either by slicing or peeling, for panel products. |
| VIC |
Vision Implementation Committee |
| Water quality |
Water quality refers to the amount of nutrients, particles and chemicals contained in the water. |
| Water yield |
Water yield from a forest is the amount of water that comes from the forest into a water catchment. |
| Wilderness |
Land that, together with its plant and animal communities, has not be substantially modified by, and is remote from, the influences of European settlement or is capable of being restored to such a state. |
| Woodchipping |
Producing small pieces of wood from pulpwood. This is the first stage of processing pulpwood into paper and fibreboard. |
| Woodchips |
Woodchips are small pieces of wood used for making paper and composite boards like medium density fibreboard (MDF) and particle board, as well as garden uses. |