Sustainable Forestry in Australia

Australia's paper and other forest industries practice sustainable forestry to protect our forests and ensure an ongoing supply of raw materials. Plantation trees are replaced as they are harvested, and many sawmills and pulp and paper mills now have their own plantations.

Australian newsprint making is a good example of sustainable paper production. Timber for the paper-making pulp comes from material gathered by the 'thinning' of pine plantations being grown to produce timber for housing and construction.

The foresters cut out the smaller trees to let the larger and better trees grow to maturity for use in higher value products such as for building construction purposes. This material, which used to be left to rot on the forest floor, is mixed with recycled newspapers and magazines to make new newsprint.

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