Australian plantation statistics 2017 update

Overview \r\nAustralian plantation statistics is published every year. It supports strategic forest industry planning and decision-making by presenting information on total plantation area, new planting and ownership. The plantation areas are presented by National Plantation Inventory regions for softwood and hardwood plantation types, species and jurisdiction, based on data collected from private growers and grower representatives and public state and territory agencies. \r\n\r\n Key Issues \r\n• Australia's total commercial plantation area was around 1,974,770 hectares in 2015-16, an increase of 1,331 hectares (0.1 per cent) from 1,973,439 hectares in 2014-15. The total area of softwood plantations was 1,036,800 hectares, an increase of around 1,400 hectares from 2014-15, and accounted for almost 53 per cent of total commercial plantation area. Total hardwood plantation area remained relatively unchanged at around 928,300 hectares, a decrease of 66 hectares since 2014-15, and accounted for 47 per cent of total commercial plantation area. \r\n• In 2015-16 Victoria continued to have the largest total area of commercial plantations (423,000 hectares), followed by New South Wales (394,400 hectares) and Western Australia (383,400 hectares). Western Australia accounted for the largest proportion of hardwood plantations (30 per cent) and New South Wales had the largest share of softwood plantations (30 per cent). \r\n• The total area of new plantations established in 2015-16 was 1,415 hectares, all softwood (radiata pine) planted in New South Wales. Around 83 hectares of Australia's plantation estate was converted to another land use. Government-owned plantations accounted for 98 per cent of the new plantation establishment; the remaining 2 per cent was funded by institutional investors. Private plantations remained unchanged at 1,505,200 hectares in 2015-16, representing 76.2 per cent of the total plantation estate. Public plantations accounted for 20.2 per cent and jointly owned (public and private) plantations represented 3.6 per cent of the total plantation estate. \r\n

概述
澳大利亚人工林统计数据每年发布一次。该数据集通过提供人工林总面积、新增造林面积与权属相关信息，为林业产业战略规划与决策提供支撑。本次统计以私有造林者、造林者代表及各州、领地公共机构收集的数据为基础，按国家人工林清查（National Plantation Inventory）分区，分别展示针叶材人工林（softwood）、阔叶材人工林（hardwood）的类型、树种与管辖区分布情况。

核心议题
• 2015-2016财年，澳大利亚商业人工林总面积约为1974770公顷，较2014-2015财年的1973439公顷增加1331公顷，增幅0.1%。其中针叶材人工林总面积达1036800公顷，较2014-2015财年增加约1400公顷，占商业人工林总面积的近53%；阔叶材人工林总面积基本维持稳定，约为928300公顷，较2014-2015财年减少66公顷，占商业人工林总面积的47%。
• 2015-2016财年，维多利亚州（Victoria）商业人工林总面积仍居全国首位，达423000公顷，其次为新南威尔士州（New South Wales，394400公顷）与西澳大利亚州（Western Australia，383400公顷）。西澳大利亚州的阔叶材人工林占比最高（30%），新南威尔士州的针叶材人工林占比最高（30%）。
• 2015-2016财年，全国新增造林总面积为1415公顷，全部为种植于新南威尔士州的针叶材人工林（辐射松（radiata pine））。澳大利亚约有83公顷的人工林资产被转为其他土地用途。政府所有的人工林占新增造林面积的98%，剩余2%由机构投资者出资。2015-2016财年私有人工林总面积维持在1505200公顷，占全国人工林总规模的76.2%；公有人工林占比为20.2%，公私联合所有的人工林占总人工林规模的3.6%。