Forest areas – Queensland series

Brief description

Spatial information supporting commercial forest and quarry management activities by the Forest Products unit within the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (now known as the Department of Primary Industries) under the _Forestry Act 1959_.

Full description

Forest areas – Queensland series metadata record - Full ISO 19115 metadata record for the Forest areas – Queensland series dataset.
Forest consent areas – Queensland - Details about forest consent areas, which are created when a State land lease is approved for conversion to freehold under the _Land Act 1994_, include a forest consent agreement with the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (now known as the Department of Primary Industries). \r\n\r\nThe State retains ownership of commercial timber in these areas, with the agreement registered as a profit à prendre on the land title. This agreement outlines the rights and obligations of both the State and the landholder and continues if the land is sold or transferred. \r\n\r\nForest consent areas and agreements are administered under the _Forestry Act 1959_.
Quarry reserves – Queensland - Reserves created under the _Land Act 1994_ to safeguard State-owned quarry material, where the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (now known as the Department of Primary Industries) acts as the trustee. The reserve purpose on the title may be listed as Quarry, Gravel, or Natural Resource Management. \r\n\r\nThe department must be consulted before any activity is proposed on the reserve that could impact access to the quarry material
Forest Products quarry areas - Queensland - Spatial information describing quarry material management units which denotes quarry resources managed by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (Forest Products unit) under the Forestry Act 1959, including areas currently subject to a sales permit under the Forestry Act 1959, areas where a sales permit is proposed to be issued, and identified potential quarry resources.
Forest management units - Queensland - Spatial information describing forest management units (MUID) which denote areas where the State owns the forest products on the land under the Forestry Act 1959 and has a commercial interest in managing the forest products through the Forest Products unit within the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries.
Forest entitlement areas - Queensland - This is a layer of Forest Entitlement Area (FEA) data for the whole of Queensland. Under the Forestry Act 1959, "forest entitlement area means a reservation of commercial timber, and the land on which it stands, to the State in a deed of grant or freeholding lease".
Defined forest area - Forest Products Department of Agriculture and Fisheries - Queensland - The area of State-owned forest managed subject to the requirements of the Australian Standard for Sustainable Forest Management AS 4708-2013