South East Forestry Hub

About us

Role of the South East Forestry Hub

Like community and business, the South East Forestry Hub is focused on growing a better future – a future filled with promise and potential.

Our role is to represent local forestry industries in South East NSW so that we can foster a growing and positive pathway for sustainable forestry, now and into the future.


Our vision is to see more trees in the ground and more forest products made here at home. 

Old growth forests in South East NSW
Forestry in South Coast, NSW
A building under construction with pine wood products.

Our priorities


We support forestry in South East NSW in order to create positive growth in our region. We work with industry, state and local governments, and other key stakeholders to prepare and provide the Government with strategic planning, technical assessments and analyses that aim to support growth in the forest industries in our region. Our priorities include: 


  • consulting with a wide range of stakeholders to review and analyse the constraints affecting productivity and efficiency of the forestry sector
  • mapping current forest resources to improve knowledge, management objectives and potential production
  • investigating future forest investment to identify opportunities in forest resource development
  • developing investment business cases for new infrastructure to support forestry
  • determining the potential for future plantation expansion (softwood and hardwood).

About Regional Forestry Hubs


South East Forestry Hub is one of 11 Regional Forestry Hubs across Australia, which were established under the National Forestry Industry Plan 2018.


The Australian Government’s A Better Plan for Forestry and Forest Products 2022-23 Budget measure has committed to an additional $8.6 million over three years from 2024-25 to extend and expand the role of the 11 Hubs.


The Regional Forestry Hub regions were chosen to represent existing concentrations of wood supply resources, combined with significant existing processing and/or manufacturing operations, established domestic and/or international transport links, and strong potential for growth.

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