Baselines and long-term monitoring

Forest management in NSW aims to achieve ecological, social, cultural and economic outcomes for the people of NSW. The program uses a range of scientific approaches to generate evidence to evaluate whether outcomes are achieved under the NSW Forest Management Framework. For example, retrospective analysis to develop baselines, research, testing effectiveness of management and field monitoring and remote sensing.

Click on the outcomes below to learn more about the projects.

Forest ecosystem health

Biological diversity

Soil and water resources

Aboriginal values

Productive capacity

Social and economic benefits

Contribution to carbon cycles

Investing in priority information

• State-wide evaluation questions (March 2020)
• State-wide evaluation questions - methods statement (March 2020)

A set of state-wide evaluations questions guide investment in priority information collection for the Forest Monitoring and Improvement Program. The questions link monitoring, evaluation and research to government, stakeholder and community needs about the outcomes sought for forest management in NSW.

* Image of Aboriginal values and management supplied by Banbai Rangers