Progress towards sustainable forest management - Forest area annual net change rate

Forest area annual net change rate: this data contains information about forest area change for the reference period 2005-2010 (source: National Inventory Report 2010) – this date is consistent with other sub-indicators here. Note: The UN FAO Global Forest Resources Assessments (FRA) will be the ongoing mechanism by which SDG indicators 15.1.1 and 15.2.1 will be populated after the Voluntary National Review with statistical annex is submitted in 2018. ABARES prepares Australia’s Country Report to the five-yearly FRA, with the next FRA due for release in 2020. Australia’s Country Report is underpinned by data published in the five-yearly series Australia’s State of the Forests Reports published by ABARES and prepared in collaboration with state and territory governments.