❓ Hon Diane Evers asks about the rainfall requirements for a healthy karri forest ecosystem and requests a detailed map of the south-west forest region, including forest types, blocks, and current/projected isohyets. The Minister provides existing data sources instead of creating a new map, citing resource constraints.
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(1) What is the annual rainfall required to maintain karri forest as a well-functioning, resilient ecosystem?
(2) Will the Minister please provide the scientific basis for this figure?
(3) Will the Minister please provide a map of the south-west forest region on a scale of 1:500,000 showing:
(a) forest occurrence (karri forest, jarrah forest and woodland, wandoo forest and woodland) on lands vested in the Conservation and Parks Commission;
(b) forest blocks;
(c) isohyets for a period up to 2016; and
(d) isohyets as projected for 2030?
(2) Will the Minister please provide the scientific basis for this figure?
(3) Will the Minister please provide a map of the south-west forest region on a scale of 1:500,000 showing:
(a) forest occurrence (karri forest, jarrah forest and woodland, wandoo forest and woodland) on lands vested in the Conservation and Parks Commission;
(b) forest blocks;
(c) isohyets for a period up to 2016; and
(d) isohyets as projected for 2030?
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Answered
1 November 2017
Responded by
Minister for Environment
Response time
9 days
(3) Preparation of this map would require diverting significant resources within the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA). I note on 26 September 2017, DBCA supplied your office with forest occurrence spatial datasets and provided information on accessing the forest blocks dataset from the Shared Location Information Platform (SLIP). Climate datasets prepared by the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO, together with reports on climate change projections, are published online by Climate Change Australia (Australian Government).
(3) Preparation of this map would require diverting significant resources within the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA). I note on 26 September 2017, DBCA supplied your office with forest occurrence spatial datasets and provided information on accessing the forest blocks dataset from the Shared Location Information Platform (SLIP). Climate datasets prepared by the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO, together with reports on climate change projections, are published online by Climate Change Australia (Australian Government).
I note on 26 September 2017, DBCA supplied your office with forest occurrence spatial datasets and provided information on accessing the forest blocks dataset from the Shared Location Information Platform (SLIP). Climate datasets prepared by the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO, together with reports on climate change projections, are published online by Climate Change Australia (Australian Government).
(3) Preparation of this map would require diverting significant resources within the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA). I note on 26 September 2017, DBCA supplied your office with forest occurrence spatial datasets and provided information on accessing the forest blocks dataset from the Shared Location Information Platform (SLIP). Climate datasets prepared by the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO, together with reports on climate change projections, are published online by Climate Change Australia (Australian Government).
I note on 26 September 2017, DBCA supplied your office with forest occurrence spatial datasets and provided information on accessing the forest blocks dataset from the Shared Location Information Platform (SLIP). Climate datasets prepared by the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO, together with reports on climate change projections, are published online by Climate Change Australia (Australian Government).
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