Native forests protected

Southwest Karri forest

The WA Government has delivered its commitment to protect the State’s native forests, with the Conservation and Land Management Amendment Bill 2025 passing through Parliament.

The Bill gives legal effect to the government’s 2021 decision to end large-scale commercial timber harvesting in native forests.

Since 1 January 2024, under the Forest Management Plan 2024-2033, timber taken from native forests has been limited to forest management activities that improve forest health and clearing for approved mining.

By 2033 more than 400,000 hectares of karri, jarrah and wandoo forests will be reserved as national parks, conservation parks and nature reserves.