Forest Products Commission

Infobox Government agency
agency_name = Forest Products Commission
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formed = 1 October 2000
preceding1 = Department of Conservation and Land Management
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jurisdiction = Government of Western Australia
headquarters = Rivervale, Western Australia
employees = 222 (2007)
budget = $131 m AUD (2007)
minister1_name = Hon. Kim M Chance
minister1_pfo = Minister for Agriculture & Food, Forestry, the Mid West & Wheatbelt, Great Southern
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chief1_name = Dr. Paul Biggs
chief1_position = General Manager
chief2_name = David Taylor
chief2_position = Chairman
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website = [http://www.fpc.wa.gov.au/ www.fpc.wa.gov.au]
footnotes =cite web|last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Annual Report - 2006/07 |work= |publisher=Forest Products Commission |date=2008-01-13 |url=http://www.fpc.wa.gov.au/content/about_us/annual_report/index.asp |format=PDF |doi= |accessdate=] cite web|last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=About Us |work= |publisher=Forest Products Commission |date=2008-01-13 |url=http://www.fpc.wa.gov.au/content/about_us/about_us.asp |format= |doi= |accessdate=]

The Forest Products Commission (FPC) is a Western Australian Government trading enterprise established under an Act of Parliament, responsible for development and marketing of the state's renewable timber resources. The agency was established as part of the then Court Government's response to the debate regarding logging in old growth forests.

Prior to the establishment of the commission, commercial logging and harvesting, as well as sharefarming was undertaken by the then Department of Conservation and Land Management.cite web|last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Inaugural Forest Products Commission appointed |work= |publisher=Department of Environment and Conservation (Western Australia) |date=2000-11-13 |url=http://www.naturebase.net/content/view/1552/770/ |format= |doi= |accessdate=2008-01-13] Its creation meant that the conservation and commercial interests of the state in respect of forestry were separated, thus removing a perceived conflict of interest.

As part of their operations, they operate a commercial nursery and seed technologies facility at West Manjimup.cite web|last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Contacting Us |work= |publisher=Forest Products Commission |date=2008-01-13 |url=http://www.fpc.wa.gov.au/content/utility/contacting_us.asp |format= |doi= |accessdate=]

The commission undertakes its operations in accordance with ISO .cite web|last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Environment |work= |publisher=Forest Products Commission |date=2008-01-13 |url=http://www.fpc.wa.gov.au/content/environment/environment.asp |format= |doi= |accessdate=]

Operations Centres

* Albany
* Collie
* Gnangara
* Harvey
* Katanning
* FPC Nursery Manjimup

References

External links

* [http://www.fpc.wa.gov.au/ Forest Products Commission website]
* [http://www.slp.wa.gov.au/legislation/statutes.nsf/main_mrtitle_350_homepage.html Forest Products Act 2000] from the [http://www.slp.wa.gov.au/ State Law Publisher]