Hon Dr Steve Thomas asks the Minister for Environment about the tabling of a Forestcheck report analysing 10 years of data. The Minister declines to table a specific report, stating that Forestcheck outcomes are published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, with a current paper under review.

AnsweredQoN 789Legislative Council
Asked
1 September 2022
Portfolio
Environment

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FORESTCHECK
789. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the minister representing the
Minister for Environment:
I refer to Forestcheck and note that
in 2016 Forestcheck was due to undertake an analysis of the previous 10 years
of data and to report on the findings of that analysis.
(1) Will the minister table this
report?
(2) If not, why not?

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I thank the Leader of the Opposition
for some notice of the question. The following information has been provided on
behalf of the Minister for Environment.
(1)–(2) No.
The Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions' approach
is to publish outcomes of Forestcheck through peer-reviewed scientific journals
that are available publicly when published. The current scientific paper that DBCA has prepared is in peer review with
the scientific journal Forest Ecology and Management . Once
the paper is published, it will be publicly available.

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