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Comprehensive Regional Assessments by State
CRAs provided the framework for regional forest agreements. CRAs evaluated the economic, social, environmental and heritage values of forest regions and involved the full range of stakeholder and community groups.
The $115 million CRA process added volumes to Australia's knowledge of the country's forest uses and values - from complex ecosystems to mineral deposits, heritage values and importance to tourism and recreation.
Each regional forest agreement involved at least 50 assessment projects in disciplines ranging from biology and zoology to economics and sociology.
The CRAs provided governments with the information needed to make long-term decisions about forest use and sustainable development.
The Commonwealth and Queensland governments completed a comprehensive regional assessment for South East Queensland in March 1999. Negotiations between the two governments to finalise a regional forest agreement ended in February 2000.