The State Forests of New South Wales include over 2 million hectares (4.9 million acres) of public land managed by the Forestry Corporation of NSW as state forests on behalf of the NSW Government.[1] As of March 2014, there were over 530 state forests in NSW.[2]
Forestry Corporation manages environmental conservation, community access, tourism, fire, land management and timber production within the state forests of NSW.[1] Approximately 225,000 hectares (560,000 acres) of NSW State Forests are softwood timber plantations, and just under 35,000 hectares (86,000 acres) are hardwood timber plantations.[1] Around 1 million hectares (2.5 million acres) of forests are permanently set aside for conservation.[1]