This report is the outcome of research project to develop indicators that identify the social and economic cost and benefits of forestry, the direct and flow-on benefits of forestry activity and the impacts of current policy settings on the forest industry.

The indicators enable consistent monitoring of some key social and economic aspects of forestry in Australia, such as Indigenous forestry, using cost effective approaches. Separate reports cover case studies carried out in Northeast Tasmania and the ‘Green Triangle’ on the Victorian and South Australia border.