Southern Forest Agreement and IFOA

NSW Forest Agreement for Southern Region

The Forest Agreement for the Southern Region of NSW was made 3rd May 2002 by the Ministers who are party to the agreement. A printed copy of the Southern Forest Agreement can be obtained from Environment Line or downloaded here:

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

Integrated Forestry Operations Approval (IFOA) Package for Southern Region

The IFOA package for the Southern Region includes:

• Explanatory Note - Integrated forestry operations approval for the Southern Region granted under the Forestry and National Park Estate Act 1998 (sthexplanatory.pdf, 16KB)
• Southern Integrated Forestry Operations Approval Package Incorporating Amendments (SouthernIFOAcurrentissue.pdf, 271KB). Note: This is a compiled working document to include amendments and is not an official IFOA consolidation.
• Appendix A: Environment Protection Licence with amendments (SouthernEPLAmend1.pdf, 129KB). Note: This is a compiled working document  to include amendments to Appendix A of the IFOA package and is not an official consolidation.
  
  Some of the following schedules include amendments (but are not official consolidations).
• Schedule 1 including amendment 1 (SthSchedule1amend1.pdf, 29KB)
• Schedule 2 including amendment 1 (SthSchedule2amend1.pdf, 28KB)
• Schedule 3 including amendment 1 (SthSchedule3amend1.pdf, 62KB)
• Schedule 4 including amendment 1 (SthSchedule4amend1.pdf, 73KB)
• Schedule 5 including amendment 1 (SthSchedule5amend1.pdf, 35KB)
• Schedule 6 including amendment 1 (SthSchedule6amend1.pdf, 16KB)
• Schematic Diagram of Stream Order (SthSchematicdiagram.pdf, 6KB)
• Appendix B: Terms of licence under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 with amendments (SthnSCTSLAmend1.pdf, 994KB). Note: This is a compiled working document to include amendments and is not an official consolidation.
• Appendix C: Terms of licence under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 for Tumut sub-region (tumuttsl.pdf, 354KB).
• Appendix D: Terms of licence under Part 7A of the Fisheries Management Act 1994 with amendments (SouthernFisheriesAmemd1.pdf, 199KB). Note: This is a compiled working document to include amendments and is not an official consolidation.
• Appendix E: Maps 1 to 5 - Land to which this approval does not apply (not available in electronic form)
• Appendix E: Clauses in the original IFOA which have been deleted by subsequent amendments (SouthernAppEoriginalclauses.pdf, 77KB). Note: These clauses do not apply and are provided solely for historical reference.
• Cultural Heritage Guidelines (Clause 14) (sthculthtgguide.pdf, 35KB)
• Southern IFOA Circular (SthrnIFOAcirc.pdf, 20KB)

Southern IFOA: Original Approval and Original Amending Instrument  

• Original integrated forestry operations approval for the Southern Region - Original approval issued in 2002 as granted (SthrnIFOA.pdf, 239KB)
• Original amending instruments made on 1 March 2004 (IFOAAmend1Sth.pdf, 627KB) and 7 November 2011 (2011IFOAamend2Sth.pdf, 132KB)

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

• AGS Heavy
• High Conservation Value Old Growth Forest
• Rainforest
• Rare Non-commercial Forest Types
• South Coast Regrowth Zone
• Tumut Regrowth Zone