Policies & Programs
Australian Capital Territory
Environment ACT is responsible for the management of approximately 26,000 hectares of public land in the ACT. Prior to the January 2003 bushfires, Environment ACT managed around 16,000 hectares of commercial pine plantations and 10,000 hectares of other land for conservation and recreation amenity use.
The 2003 bushfires destroyed approximately 10,500 hectares of plantation, leaving 5,500 hectares at Kowen untouched by the fires. In 2004, the ACT Government decided to re-establish most of the former pine plantations west of the Murrumbidgee, with native vegetation. Water quality, fire abatement and recreation are the main objectives of this rehabilitation.
View maps, facts and case studies on forests in the ACT.
Programs
Environment ACT is currently working with the Shaping Our Territory Implementation Group on the Canberra International Arboretum and Gardens and the new Stromlo Forest Park around Mount Stromlo.
Links to forest related programs and organisations in the ACT, including government, industry, research, education and community sites.
