❓ Dr Edwards requests detailed information on the area of various forest ecosystems within reserves and land not available for logging, seeking a breakdown by reserve type and ecosystem category. The Minister provides a summary of reserved areas and tables a paper with further details.
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670. Dr EDWARDS to the Minister for the Environment:
(1) For the more than 1,170,000 hectares of the 'diverse range of forest ecosystems' the Government claims are now in reserves or otherwise not available for logging, will the Minister provide the total area in each type of reserve and each category of land otherwise not available for logging?
(2) For each category of reserve and each category of land otherwise not available for logging, will the Minister provide a breakdown for the area of the following -
(a) jarrah forest ecosystems;
(b) jarrah woodland ecosystems;
(c) karri forest ecosystems;
(d) wandoo forest ecosystems;
(e) wandoo woodland ecosystems;
(f) bullich and yate;
(g) Darling Scarp vegetation;
(h) peppermint and coastal heath;
(i) rocky outcrops;
(j) sand dunes;
(k) shrub, herb and sedgelands;
(l) swamps;
(m) Swan Coastal Plain vegetation;
(n) Dandaragan Plateau vegetation;
(o) Western Wheatbelt vegetation;
(p) exotic species and cleared land;
(q) water; and
(r) Crown land not classified for any of the above?
(1) For the more than 1,170,000 hectares of the 'diverse range of forest ecosystems' the Government claims are now in reserves or otherwise not available for logging, will the Minister provide the total area in each type of reserve and each category of land otherwise not available for logging?
(2) For each category of reserve and each category of land otherwise not available for logging, will the Minister provide a breakdown for the area of the following -
(a) jarrah forest ecosystems;
(b) jarrah woodland ecosystems;
(c) karri forest ecosystems;
(d) wandoo forest ecosystems;
(e) wandoo woodland ecosystems;
(f) bullich and yate;
(g) Darling Scarp vegetation;
(h) peppermint and coastal heath;
(i) rocky outcrops;
(j) sand dunes;
(k) shrub, herb and sedgelands;
(l) swamps;
(m) Swan Coastal Plain vegetation;
(n) Dandaragan Plateau vegetation;
(o) Western Wheatbelt vegetation;
(p) exotic species and cleared land;
(q) water; and
(r) Crown land not classified for any of the above?
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Answered
23 November 2000
Response time
78 days
The Minister Replied:
The areas within the Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) boundary that are reserved or set aside from logging are as follows.
Hectares
(1) (a) Gazetted reserves
(i) National Park 343,620
(ii) Nature Reserve 43,720
(iii) 5(g) Reserve 13,350
(iv) Conservation Park 22,080
(b) Forest Management Plan proposed reserves 268,270
(c) New RFA formal reserves 204,130
(d) CAR informal reserves 151,630
(e) Other informal reserves 126,510
(f) Areas identified by Ministerial Advisory Group on karri 12,870
(2) See tabled paper.
The areas within the Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) boundary that are reserved or set aside from logging are as follows.
Hectares
(1) (a) Gazetted reserves
(i) National Park 343,620
(ii) Nature Reserve 43,720
(iii) 5(g) Reserve 13,350
(iv) Conservation Park 22,080
(b) Forest Management Plan proposed reserves 268,270
(c) New RFA formal reserves 204,130
(d) CAR informal reserves 151,630
(e) Other informal reserves 126,510
(f) Areas identified by Ministerial Advisory Group on karri 12,870
(2) See tabled paper.
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