Name: Regional Forest Agreements and Comprehensive Regional Assessment boundaries
Display Field: REG_NAME
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: This vector dataset provides a national polygon coverage combining all Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs) and Comprehensive Regional Assessment boundaries supplied by states.A total of 12 boundaries are included, comprising boundaries for the 11 Regional Forest Agreements regions and one Comprehensive Regional Assessment region boundary. Regional Forest Agreements boundaries include:NSW :-Upper North East-Lower North East-Eden-Southern NSWVictoria :-East Gippsland-North East-Central Highlands-West Victoria-GippslandTasmania-TasmanianWestern Australia:-South West Forest Region of Western AustraliaNotes: Region names are consistent with the titles of each Regional Forest Agreement.The North East New South Wales Regional Forest Agreement comprises two regions – Upper and Lower. A Comprehensive Regional Assessment was completed for the South-East Queensland region, however a Regional Forest Agreement was not signed. The area within the South-East Queensland region is included in this dataset.Victorian RFAs were terminated on 31 December 2024.Areas outside RFA boundaries are not covered by an RFA and are effectively treated as having ‘no RFA’.The boundary for the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement is defined as the whole State of Tasmania. The terrestrial extent of the State of Tasmania was derived from Geoscience Australia’s GEODATA Coast 100K data product.
Copyright Text: New South Wales -Department of Primary Industries
-Environment Protection Authority
-Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Queensland
-Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
Tasmania
-Department of Natural Resources and Environment
-Department of State Growth
Victoria
-Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Western Australia
-Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
Commonwealth
-Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
-Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
-Geoscience Australia