Australia's forest area increased by 75,000 hectares over the 5-year period from 2016 to 2021.
This maintained the rise in total forest area that has been observed since 2008.
The annual change in Australia's forest area is calculated by application of forest area change data from Australia's National Inventory Report 2021 (DCCEEW 2023a,b) to the total forest area figure of 133.6 million hectares determined by ABARES using the Multiple Lines of Evidence process.