Eden Forest Agreement and IFOA

NSW Forest Agreement for Eden Region

The Forest Agreement for the Eden Region of NSW was made on 5 March 1999 by the Ministers who are party to the agreement. A printed copy of the Eden Forest Agreement can be obtained from Environment Line or downloaded here:

Forest Agreement for the Eden Region of NSW - NSW Government (edenagreement.pdf, 325KB)

Integrated Forestry Operations Approval (IFOA) Package for Eden Region

The IFOA package for the Lower North East Region includes:

• Explanatory Note - Integrated forestry operations approval for the Eden Region granted under the former Forestry and National Park Estate Act 1998 (IFOAAmend3Eden.pdf, 122KB)
• Eden Integrated Forestry Operations Approval Package Incorporating Amendments (LNEIFOAcurrentissue.pdf, 179KB). Note: This is a compiled working document to include amendments and is not an official IFOA consolidation.
• Appendix A: Environment Protection Licence with amendments (EdenEPLwithAmend3.pdf, 123KB). Note: This is a compiled working document  to include amendments to Appendix A of the IFOA package and is not an official consolidation.

  • Schedule 1 including amendment 3 (EdenSchedule1amend3.pdf, 27KB)
  • Schedule 2 (EdenSchedule2.pdf, 26KB)
  • Schedule 3 (EdenSchedule3.pdf, 80KB)
  • Schedule 4 (EdenSchedule4.pdf, 46KB)
  • Schedule 5 (EdenSchedule5.pdf, 43KB)
  • Schedule 6 (EdenSchedule6.pdf, 12KB)
  • Schematic Diagram of Stream Order (EdenSchematicdiagram.pdf, 10KB)
• Appendix B: Terms of licence under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 with amendments (EdenRevisedTSLAmend1245.pdf, 392KB) Note: This is a compiled working document to include amendments and is not an official consolidation.
• Appendix C: Terms of licence under Part 7A of the Fisheries Management Act 1994 with amendments (Edenfisherieslicence.pdf, 172KB) Note: This is a compiled working document to include amendments and is not an official consolidation.
• Appendix D: Clauses in the original IFOA which have been deleted by subsequent amendments (EdenIFOAoriginalclausesAmend1245.pdf, 67KB). Note: These clauses do not apply and are provided solely for historical reference.
• Cultural Heritage Guidelines (Clause 14) (CulturalHeritageGuide.pdf, 31KB)

Eden Region IFOA: Original approval and original amending instruments

• Original integrated forestry operations approval for the Eden Region - issued in 1999 as granted (EdenIFOA.pdf, 113KB)
• Original amending instruments: December 2001 (IFOAAmendEd.pdf, 28KB), May 2003 (IFOAAmend2Eden.PDF, 30KB), May 2004 (IFOAAmend3Eden.pdf, 121KB), March 2006 (IFOAAmend4Eden.pdf, 42KB), July 2008 (IFOAAmend5Eden.pdf, 38KB) and March 2013 (EdenIFOAamend6.pdf, 235KB) with Appendix E map (EdenappDmap.pdf, 835KB). Compiled IFOA documents are being prepared to include the amendments - for legal purposes please refer to the original amending instruments.

The following Geographical Information System (GIS) maps (i.e data layers including metadata) are adopted by this IFOA:

• Habitat quality class
• Keith and Bedward Eden extant vegetation
• Keith and Bedward Rainforest
• Rare Forest Ecosystems
• Rare Old Growth Forest Types (no metadata exists)
• Eden TSL data