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148 Due date Region FA section Milestone Progress Eden published for 2007–2008 and is available through the DPI website: Sthn www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/aboutus/resources/corporate-publications/forests-nsw-seeing-report-2007-08 2000 1 April UNE, LNE, Eden 4.5 Additional reporting mechanisms, such as committees, by other agencies. Continuing DECC State of the Parks reporting is occurring, as is corporate-level annual reporting. DECC Regional Advisory Committees continue to provide advice to the National Parks and Wildlife Advisory Council and DECC on a range of natural and cultural heritage conservation matters both on- and off-park. Membership of these committees includes Aboriginal communities, women, local government and farmer groups. DPI Limited information about plantation authorisations under the Plantations and Reafforestation Act 1999 is contained in DPI annual reports. The Plantations and Reafforestation Act 1999 requires a public register to be kept of all plantation authorisations. The public register contains information on location, catchment management authority regions, LGAs, date of authorisation, authorised plantation area, area of native vegetation authorised to be cleared, and area of native vegetation that must be retained. A Profile of Plantation Authorisations is also available from the DPI website. Forests NSW Forests NSW has regional/corporate reporting and consultative mechanisms for considering forest management, including the annual plan of operations (supplied to regulators), public exhibited documents, like the ESFM Plans, and regional plans that have incorporated public comments. The Research Division’s annual report and Forests NSW financial report is produced each financial year, see: www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/aboutus/resources/corporate-publications Forests NSW is represented on a range of international, national, state and local groups related to forests and forest management, including the National Forestry and Forests Products Committee and its associated subcommittees, the National and International Montreal Process Working Group that sets the benchmark for sustainability reporting, the Australasian Fire Authorities Council, NSW Bushfires Coordinating Committee and Greening Australia (among others). Forests NSW has published a Native Forests Silvicultural Manual that complements its field guides and training programs. The manual documents the basis for Forests NSW silvicultural practices and contains the silvicultural specifications and guidelines required by the forest agreements and IFOAs. Although the Coastal and Tableland areas north of Sydney are divided into two regions for the purposes of the IFOAs, the specifications for silvicultural purposes are identical. For reporting on sustainability, Forests NSW produces an annual sustainability report (Seeing Report) that informs performance on sustainability for both planted and native forests, see: www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/aboutus/resources/corporate-publications. Sustaining all forest values now and into the future is a day-to-day challenge for responsible forest managers across the globe, with Forests NSW taking its role both as a leader in sustainable forest management and reporting to the community very seriously. The Seeing Report provides a report against four key result areas of the business: Social: building partnerships and generating economic and social benefits within the community, especially for rural and regional NSW FOREST AGREEMENTS AND INTEGRATED FORESTRY OPERATIONS APPROVALS
Due date Region FA section Milestone Progress ESFM CRITERIA AND INDICATORS Monitoring Ongoing Reporting Annually UNE, LNE, Eden, Sthn UNE, LNE, Eden Sthn 2.11.2 2.10.2 (E) Att. 7 (S) 2.11.2 2.10.2 (E) Att. 9 Monitoring of ESFM criteria and indicators. Reporting on indicators to contribute to annual report to Parliament. communities; developing and valuing our staff (indicators 1 to 10). Environmental: ecologically sustainable management of native and planted forests to protect and enhance environmental and conservation values, minimising our ecological footprint to help meet the demands of future markets for environmental services (Indicators 11 to 21). Economic: ensuring an adequate return to the government and community from the marketing of a range of values and products from native forests and plantations; developing innovative products, services and mechanisms to promote investment in new planted forests and the environmental values of forests (indicators 22 to 24). Sustainability: managing State forests for the long term and to retain opportunities and resources for future generations to meet their needs and expectations, while providing for the present (indicators 25 to 31). The Seeing Report for the last 10 years is evidence of this commitment and is produced as part of an integrated set of documents. The set includes the Forests NSW Annual Report and a facts and figures booklet. The report is recognised nationally and internationally for its openness and transparency and that it is externally verified. Continuing DECC continues to monitor and report annually on its progress towards achieving ESFM through the criteria and indicators. Forests NSW has a dedicated officer who helps administer the collection of data through an internal system, known as SEEDS. The data collected and entered into SEEDS are used to monitor and report on the ESFM criteria and indicators, as well as being used to help Forests NSW to report in its SEEing report, State of the Environment report and other Federal government reports. Forests NSW continues to modify the system to allow for better ways to collect, enter and present its data for the various reports that it produces. Continuing Reporting of the ESFM criteria and indicators has been incorporated into the NSW forest agreement reporting process for the UNE, LNE and Eden regions since 1999–2000, and from 2002–2003 for the Southern region. See Chapter 2 for information on the results of monitoring. NSW FOREST AGREEMENTS AND INTEGRATED FORESTRY OPERATIONS APPROVALS 149
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