Code of Practices for Timber Plantation in Western Australia. Country/Territory Australia Territorial subdivision Western Australia Document type Miscellaneous Date 2006 (2014) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Forestry, Water Keyword Agricultural development Integrated pest management-IPM/pest management strategies Afforestation/reforestation Agro-forestry Basin/catchment/watershed Biodiversity Business/industry/corporations Capacity building Climate change Collecting/harvesting Hazards Pests/diseases Ecosystem preservation Education Environmental planning Environmental standards Erosion Fertilizers/nutrients Forest fires Forest management/forest conservation Forest species Forestry protection measures Processing/handling Integrated management Land clearing Pesticides Plant protection Planting material/seeds Policy/planning Private forest Protection of environment Sustainable development Sustainable use Timber extraction/logging Traceability/product tracing Transport/storage Wetlands Standards Effluent waste water/discharge Water conservation zone Water quality standards Pollution control Freshwater pollution Inland waters Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific Abstract The purpose of the Code of Practices for Timber Plantation in Western Australia is to provide goals and guidelines to plantation managers so that plantation operations in Western Australia are conducted in a manner that is in accordance with accepted principles for good plantation management, whilst recognising that a primary aim of plantations is to be economically competitive and sustainable. The function of the Code include: it is a guide for the development of plantation management plans; it applies to both public and private plantation growers on all land tenures; it is not a prerequisite of quality or environmental management systems, or the reverse, but it is designed to complement such systems. The Code contains legislative and regulatory requirement (the term "must" is used to indicate those rules), and desirable but not mandatory procedure (the term "should" is used to indicate those recommendations). Full text English Website www.wa.gov.au