Timber is a renewable, low-emissions building material playing an increasingly important role in decarbonising construction and long-term carbon capture.

The South West hosts Western Australia’s primary softwood plantation and timber manufacturing precinct, supplying the majority of the State’s construction timber and supporting nationally significant processing capability. An integrated value chain spans nurseries, plantations, harvesting and engineered wood production.

As the industry transitions toward a plantation-based future, investment in fibre utilisation, processing efficiency and engineered wood innovation is strengthening the region’s position in sustainable construction markets.

Timber and Forestry Fast Facts

• Wespine has an annual production capacity up to 500,000m3
• Laminex is one of the largest producers of particle board in Australia with more than 300,000m3pa
• WAPRES exports about 1mtpa of woodfibre to Japan and South East Asia
• More than half of WA’s structural timber for housing construction is sourced from Wespine
• The WA Government has committed to expand the softwood plantation estate by more than 30,000ha within a decade

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