FWPA expands stakeholder & community engagement focus [AU]

Friday 19 Jun 2026

 
Forest & Wood Products Australia (FWPA) is evolving its strategic focus in response to member feedback, with an increased emphasis on broader stakeholder and community engagement. This shift is designed to strengthen understanding of the forest and wood products industry’s role and value across the communities in which our members operate.

To support this direction, FWPA will create a new Stakeholder and Community Engagement Manager role. The position reflects an evolution of FWPA’s engagement approach, aligning resources to deliver more integrated outreach across education, community engagement and stakeholder relations, while building greater awareness, understanding and support for the industry.

As part of this transition, Beth Welden's ForestLearning Program Manager position has been made redundant as FWPA moves to a broader, organisation-wide engagement model. Beth will finish with FWPA at the end of June, after nearly nine years leading the ForestLearning program.

We thank Beth for her dedication to forest and wood product education and her significant contribution to ForestLearning. Through her work, Beth has helped strengthen educational engagement with Australia’s forest and wood products sector and establish ForestLearning as a valued national resource for teachers, students and FWPA members, including through nationally award-winning education initiatives.

ForestLearning will continue as FWPA’s dedicated forest education brand and will be supported as an important component of the organisation’s engagement activities.

FWPA remains committed to working closely with members, educators, communities and stakeholders to ensure its programs continue to deliver value and strengthen confidence in Australia’s forest and wood products industry.

Further details on the new position will be announced in due course.

Source & image credit: FWPA



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