2016 SoE Biodiversity Australia's forest area (1990-2012) compared to 2005 forest area

Created 22/08/2016

Updated 09/08/2023

Data showing Australia's forest area (1990-2012) compared to Australia's forest area in 2005.

Note: Plotted values are differences from the 2005 forest area (108.1 million hectares), which is set as zero.

Figures have been provided by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resources Economics and Sciences (Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources) - using data from the National Inventory Report, 2012 published by the Australian Government Department of the Environment (now the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy).

This data was used by the Department of Environment and Energy to produce Figure BIO12 in the Biodiversity theme of Australia State of the Environment 2016, available at https://soe.environment.gov.au/theme/biodiversity/topic/2016/terrestrial-ecosystems-and-communities#biodiversity-figure-12

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Title 2016 SoE Biodiversity Australia's forest area (1990-2012) compared to 2005 forest area
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/cd64afd1-bb83-488b-8773-8307fc07c77d
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Reference Period 22/08/2016
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