Income Taxes - Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Amount [Abstract]
U.S. federal statutory income tax rate	$ (29,939)	$ (64,141)	$ (77,992)
U.S. and foreign REIT income	32,949	63,813	82,037
Matariki Group and Rayonier New Zealand Ltd	(23,166)	(19,182)	(4,799)
Transition tax	0	(3,506)	0
Change in valuation allowance	(3,950)	(13,028)	(3,613)
ASU No. 2016-16 adoption impact	0	16,631	0
Deemed repatriation of unremitted foreign earnings	0	7,368	0
Reduction of deferred tax asset for statutory rate change	0	(10,499)	0
Foreign income tax withholding	1,848	0	0
Other	718	863	(697)
Income tax (expense) benefit as reported for net income	$ (25,236)	$ (21,681)	$ (5,064)
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent [Abstract]
U.S. federal statutory income tax rate	(21.00%)	(35.00%)	(35.00%)
U.S. and foreign REIT income	23.10%	34.80%	36.80%
Matariki Group and Rayonier New Zealand Ltd	(16.20%)	(10.50%)	(2.20%)
Transition tax	0	(0.019)	0
Change in valuation allowance	(2.80%)	(7.10%)	(1.60%)
ASU No. 2016-16 adoption impact	0.00%	9.10%	0.00%
Deemed repatriation of unremitted foreign earnings	0.00%	4.00%	0.00%
Reduction of deferred tax asset for statutory rate change	0.00%	(5.70%)	0.00%
Foreign income tax withholding	1.30%	0.00%	0.00%
Other	0.50%	0.50%	(0.30%)
Income tax (expense) benefit as reported for net income	(17.70%)	(11.80%)	(2.30%)