❓ A parliamentary question seeks data on legal land clearing and asks if the Department of Environmental Protection uses remote sensing to detect illegal clearing. The Minister deferred answering the question.
AnsweredQoN 178Legislative Council
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(1) Is the minister aware of how many hectares have been cleared legally under the Soil and Land Conservation Act, the Town Planning and Development Act, and any other approval process? (2) How much land was cleared under each of those in the past year? (3) Does the Department of Environmental Protection compare this information with satellite imagery and aerial photography to detect areas of illegal clearing? (4) If not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister asked that this question be placed on notice.
(2) How much land was cleared under each of those in the past year? (3) Does the Department of Environmental Protection compare this information with satellite imagery and aerial photography to detect areas of illegal clearing? (4) If not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister asked that this question be placed on notice.
(3) Does the Department of Environmental Protection compare this information with satellite imagery and aerial photography to detect areas of illegal clearing? (4) If not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister asked that this question be placed on notice.
(4) If not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister asked that this question be placed on notice.
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister asked that this question be placed on notice.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister asked that this question be placed on notice.
(2) How much land was cleared under each of those in the past year? (3) Does the Department of Environmental Protection compare this information with satellite imagery and aerial photography to detect areas of illegal clearing? (4) If not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister asked that this question be placed on notice.
(3) Does the Department of Environmental Protection compare this information with satellite imagery and aerial photography to detect areas of illegal clearing? (4) If not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister asked that this question be placed on notice.
(4) If not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister asked that this question be placed on notice.
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister asked that this question be placed on notice.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister asked that this question be placed on notice.
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