This scorecard assesses and scores a range of factors that are important to Australia shifting from a global deforestation hotspot to a reforestation nation, by becoming a world leader in tree protection and restoration.

This paper offers policy-makers a blueprint for assessing the true value of native forests. It builds upon the previously published cost-benefit analysis of alternate land uses versus logging in Victoria’s Central Highlands.

In December 2021, the Queensland Government’s Statewide Land and Tree Study (SLATS) released the most recent detections of forest and woodland destruction for 2018-19 using a new and more accurate methodology. This report analyses the 2018-19 SLATS data to quantify destruction of forested habitats for threatened species and threatened ecological communities.

Australia is home to some of the world’s most ancient forests. This paper offers policy-makers a blueprint for assessing the true value of our native forests. Recognising the inherent preferencing of the quantitative (particularly when it comes to Expenditure Review Committee processes), the authors conduct a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis of conserving the wet forests in...

In this paper, the author describes several ecosystem service frameworks and outlines how these frameworks can inform land use decisions, with a particular focus on those involving forests.