AgForests Queensland 

AgForests Queensland is a unique partnership bringing together Queensland’s broadacre agricultural producers - AgForce Queensland and the timber industry - Timber Queensland.

AgForests is part of the AgForward program and available to assist ALL Queensland primary producers and timber industry personnel, not just AgForce and Timber Queensland members.

AgForests provides training and information for producers and industry on:

• AgForests field days, workshops, presentations for producers and the timber industry across Queensland - Training Available
• Harvest security and investing in your private native forests and woodlands
• Native forest practice code - freehold land, plus other rules and regulations
• Selling native timber from remnant (coloured) and non–remnant (white) ‘freehold’ country
• Producing timber and other forest products from your native forests and woodlands
• Primary producer case studies
• Fire and burning - how it can assist in producing native timber
• Forest certification – proving forests are managed in an economically, environmentally and socially responsible manner
• Property management planning

AgForward also provides a range of training opportunities for producers in:

• Vegetation Management Essentials
• Computer Mapping Essentials
• GPS Essentials

Since commencing operations in early 2005, AgForests has provided assistance and training to 1500 producers and timber industry personnel, plus produced a range of information guides and reports for producers and the timber industry to support private forest and woodland timber production in Queensland.

An independent review of AgForests in 2006 found a very high level of satisfaction with the products and services provided by AgForests. In particular, the review found:

• Very high level of support for the services provided by the AgForests Forestry Advisor particularly with field days, workshops and property visits;
• A more positive attitude to native forest in general, and much higher level of understanding of management options by users of AgForests services;
• The users of AgForests had a much higher awareness and better understanding of their obligations under the Native forest practice code than non-users.