❓ WA Parliament QoN regarding land affected by salinity and newly designated wetlands/environmentally sensitive areas. No new environmentally sensitive areas were designated, and no compensation was paid. 11 hectares of previously identified wetland areas were re-evaluated to Conservation management category.
AnsweredQoN 2224Legislative Assembly
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(1) What was the estimated number of hectares of land affected by salinity in Western Australia, as at the end of the last quarter?
(2) In the last quarter, how many hectares of privately owned land were newly designated as -
(a) wetlands;
(b) environmentally significant areas; and
(c) how much was paid out in compensation to land owners for land designated as (a) and (b)?
(2) In the last quarter, how many hectares of privately owned land were newly designated as -
(a) wetlands;
(b) environmentally significant areas; and
(c) how much was paid out in compensation to land owners for land designated as (a) and (b)?
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Answered
12 June 2007
Responded by
Minister for the Environment
Response time
35 days
(b) environmentally significant areas; and (c) how much was paid out in compensation to land owners for land designated as (a) and (b)?
(c) how much was paid out in compensation to land owners for land designated as (a) and (b)?
(2) (a) No new wetland areas have been designated on privately owned land in the last quarter. A total of 11 hectares of previously identified wetland areas on private property were re-evaluated to Conservation management category in the last quarter, and are therefore now designated as 'defined wetlands' under regulation (7)(c) of the Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2004. (b) The question is taken to refer to 'environmentally sensitive areas' defined in the Environmental Protection (Environmentally Sensitive Areas) Notice 2005, for the purposes of section 51B of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 , rather than the more generic term 'environmentally significant areas', which is not legally defined. Under section 51B of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 , the Minister may declare by notice either a specified area of the State or a class of areas of the State to be an environmentally sensitive area. There are currently ten classes of areas declared to be environmentally sensitive areas under the Environmental Protection (Environmentally Sensitive Areas) Notice 2005. Environmentally sensitive areas are determined at the time of the Notice coming into operation (2005), and hence no new environmentally sensitive areas have been determined in the last quarter. A web-based GIS viewer is publicly available on the Department of Environment and Conservation's website which allows landholders to view environmentally sensitive areas by property location, street address or mining tenement. The website address is http://www.nvp.environment.wa.gov.au (c) No compensation has been paid to landowners for land with designated wetlands on their property or other environmentally significant (sensitive) areas pursuant to the Environmental Protection Act 1986 .
A total of 11 hectares of previously identified wetland areas on private property were re-evaluated to Conservation management category in the last quarter, and are therefore now designated as 'defined wetlands' under regulation (7)(c) of the Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2004. (b) The question is taken to refer to 'environmentally sensitive areas' defined in the Environmental Protection (Environmentally Sensitive Areas) Notice 2005, for the purposes of section 51B of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 , rather than the more generic term 'environmentally significant areas', which is not legally defined. Under section 51B of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 , the Minister may declare by notice either a specified area of the State or a class of areas of the State to be an environmentally sensitive area. There are currently ten classes of areas declared to be environmentally sensitive areas under the Environmental Protection (Environmentally Sensitive Areas) Notice 2005. Environmentally sensitive areas are determined at the time of the Notice coming into operation (2005), and hence no new environmentally sensitive areas have been determined in the last quarter. A web-based GIS viewer is publicly available on the Department of Environment and Conservation's website which allows landholders to view environmentally sensitive areas by property location, street address or mining tenement. The website address is http://www.nvp.environment.wa.gov.au (c) No compensation has been paid to landowners for land with designated wetlands on their property or other environmentally significant (sensitive) areas pursuant to the Environmental Protection Act 1986 .
(b) The question is taken to refer to 'environmentally sensitive areas' defined in the Environmental Protection (Environmentally Sensitive Areas) Notice 2005, for the purposes of section 51B of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 , rather than the more generic term 'environmentally significant areas', which is not legally defined. Under section 51B of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 , the Minister may declare by notice either a specified area of the State or a class of areas of the State to be an environmentally sensitive area. There are currently ten classes of areas declared to be environmentally sensitive areas under the Environmental Protection (Environmentally Sensitive Areas) Notice 2005. Environmentally sensitive areas are determined at the time of the Notice coming into operation (2005), and hence no new environmentally sensitive areas have been determined in the last quarter. A web-based GIS viewer is publicly available on the Department of Environment and Conservation's website which allows landholders to view environmentally sensitive areas by property location, street address or mining tenement. The website address is http://www.nvp.environment.wa.gov.au (c) No compensation has been paid to landowners for land with designated wetlands on their property or other environmentally significant (sensitive) areas pursuant to the Environmental Protection Act 1986 .
Under section 51B of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 , the Minister may declare by notice either a specified area of the State or a class of areas of the State to be an environmentally sensitive area. There are currently ten classes of areas declared to be environmentally sensitive areas under the Environmental Protection (Environmentally Sensitive Areas) Notice 2005. Environmentally sensitive areas are determined at the time of the Notice coming into operation (2005), and hence no new environmentally sensitive areas have been determined in the last quarter. A web-based GIS viewer is publicly available on the Department of Environment and Conservation's website which allows landholders to view environmentally sensitive areas by property location, street address or mining tenement. The website address is http://www.nvp.environment.wa.gov.au (c) No compensation has been paid to landowners for land with designated wetlands on their property or other environmentally significant (sensitive) areas pursuant to the Environmental Protection Act 1986 .
A web-based GIS viewer is publicly available on the Department of Environment and Conservation's website which allows landholders to view environmentally sensitive areas by property location, street address or mining tenement. The website address is http://www.nvp.environment.wa.gov.au (c) No compensation has been paid to landowners for land with designated wetlands on their property or other environmentally significant (sensitive) areas pursuant to the Environmental Protection Act 1986 .
(c) No compensation has been paid to landowners for land with designated wetlands on their property or other environmentally significant (sensitive) areas pursuant to the Environmental Protection Act 1986 .
(c) how much was paid out in compensation to land owners for land designated as (a) and (b)?
(2) (a) No new wetland areas have been designated on privately owned land in the last quarter. A total of 11 hectares of previously identified wetland areas on private property were re-evaluated to Conservation management category in the last quarter, and are therefore now designated as 'defined wetlands' under regulation (7)(c) of the Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2004. (b) The question is taken to refer to 'environmentally sensitive areas' defined in the Environmental Protection (Environmentally Sensitive Areas) Notice 2005, for the purposes of section 51B of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 , rather than the more generic term 'environmentally significant areas', which is not legally defined. Under section 51B of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 , the Minister may declare by notice either a specified area of the State or a class of areas of the State to be an environmentally sensitive area. There are currently ten classes of areas declared to be environmentally sensitive areas under the Environmental Protection (Environmentally Sensitive Areas) Notice 2005. Environmentally sensitive areas are determined at the time of the Notice coming into operation (2005), and hence no new environmentally sensitive areas have been determined in the last quarter. A web-based GIS viewer is publicly available on the Department of Environment and Conservation's website which allows landholders to view environmentally sensitive areas by property location, street address or mining tenement. The website address is http://www.nvp.environment.wa.gov.au (c) No compensation has been paid to landowners for land with designated wetlands on their property or other environmentally significant (sensitive) areas pursuant to the Environmental Protection Act 1986 .
A total of 11 hectares of previously identified wetland areas on private property were re-evaluated to Conservation management category in the last quarter, and are therefore now designated as 'defined wetlands' under regulation (7)(c) of the Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2004. (b) The question is taken to refer to 'environmentally sensitive areas' defined in the Environmental Protection (Environmentally Sensitive Areas) Notice 2005, for the purposes of section 51B of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 , rather than the more generic term 'environmentally significant areas', which is not legally defined. Under section 51B of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 , the Minister may declare by notice either a specified area of the State or a class of areas of the State to be an environmentally sensitive area. There are currently ten classes of areas declared to be environmentally sensitive areas under the Environmental Protection (Environmentally Sensitive Areas) Notice 2005. Environmentally sensitive areas are determined at the time of the Notice coming into operation (2005), and hence no new environmentally sensitive areas have been determined in the last quarter. A web-based GIS viewer is publicly available on the Department of Environment and Conservation's website which allows landholders to view environmentally sensitive areas by property location, street address or mining tenement. The website address is http://www.nvp.environment.wa.gov.au (c) No compensation has been paid to landowners for land with designated wetlands on their property or other environmentally significant (sensitive) areas pursuant to the Environmental Protection Act 1986 .
(b) The question is taken to refer to 'environmentally sensitive areas' defined in the Environmental Protection (Environmentally Sensitive Areas) Notice 2005, for the purposes of section 51B of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 , rather than the more generic term 'environmentally significant areas', which is not legally defined. Under section 51B of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 , the Minister may declare by notice either a specified area of the State or a class of areas of the State to be an environmentally sensitive area. There are currently ten classes of areas declared to be environmentally sensitive areas under the Environmental Protection (Environmentally Sensitive Areas) Notice 2005. Environmentally sensitive areas are determined at the time of the Notice coming into operation (2005), and hence no new environmentally sensitive areas have been determined in the last quarter. A web-based GIS viewer is publicly available on the Department of Environment and Conservation's website which allows landholders to view environmentally sensitive areas by property location, street address or mining tenement. The website address is http://www.nvp.environment.wa.gov.au (c) No compensation has been paid to landowners for land with designated wetlands on their property or other environmentally significant (sensitive) areas pursuant to the Environmental Protection Act 1986 .
Under section 51B of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 , the Minister may declare by notice either a specified area of the State or a class of areas of the State to be an environmentally sensitive area. There are currently ten classes of areas declared to be environmentally sensitive areas under the Environmental Protection (Environmentally Sensitive Areas) Notice 2005. Environmentally sensitive areas are determined at the time of the Notice coming into operation (2005), and hence no new environmentally sensitive areas have been determined in the last quarter. A web-based GIS viewer is publicly available on the Department of Environment and Conservation's website which allows landholders to view environmentally sensitive areas by property location, street address or mining tenement. The website address is http://www.nvp.environment.wa.gov.au (c) No compensation has been paid to landowners for land with designated wetlands on their property or other environmentally significant (sensitive) areas pursuant to the Environmental Protection Act 1986 .
A web-based GIS viewer is publicly available on the Department of Environment and Conservation's website which allows landholders to view environmentally sensitive areas by property location, street address or mining tenement. The website address is http://www.nvp.environment.wa.gov.au (c) No compensation has been paid to landowners for land with designated wetlands on their property or other environmentally significant (sensitive) areas pursuant to the Environmental Protection Act 1986 .
(c) No compensation has been paid to landowners for land with designated wetlands on their property or other environmentally significant (sensitive) areas pursuant to the Environmental Protection Act 1986 .
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