In accordance with attachment 9 of the Regional Forest Agreement the State is required to maintain and report against the Permanent Forest Estate policy. The policy prescribes that the area of native forest will be retained above minimum thresholds, expressed as a percentage of the native forest estate assessed in 1996 under the Regional Forest Agreement. Since 1997 these thresholds have been:

• Statewide level: 80% of the native forest estate to be maintained
   
• Bioregional level: Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA 4)

  Current proportion of native forests in reserves	Proportion of native forest to be maintained
  0-30%	>80%
  30-60%	>60%
  >60%	Current reserve area

  
   
• Forest communities: at least 50% of the current area in each bioregion to be maintained.