❓ Dr. Pettitt questions the DBCA on the lack of a carbon stores report promised in the Forest Management Plan, receiving answers detailing the reasons for its absence and providing carbon stock estimates for 2014 and 2020.
AnsweredQoN 1496Legislative Council
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I refer to Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) Service Area 8 – Implementation of the Forest Management Plan described in several places in the 2023/24 Budget Papers , including page 700 of Budget Paper No. 2 - Volume 2. I also refer to page 80 of the current Forest Management Plan 2014-23 , which states that DBCA will "report on carbon stores in the next draft forest management plan." I ask: (a) has this report been completed; (b) if no to (a), why not; (c) will the Minister table this report; (d) if no to (c), why not and when will it become available; (e) what is the total estimated amount of carbon stored in Forest Management Plan (FMP) lands currently; and (f) what was the total estimated amount of carbon stored in FMP lands in 2014, when the current FMP commenced?
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Answered
12 September 2023
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Environment
Response time
9 days
(a) No.
(b) As reported in the Mid-term review of performance of the Forest Management Plan 2014-2023 and the End-of-term review of performance of the Forest Management Plan 2014-2023 (End of Term review), no carbon measurement plots were able to be established during the term of the current Forest Management Plan and no report has been prepared.
(c) Not applicable.
(d) Not applicable.
(e) The draft Proposed Forest Management Plan 2024-2033 estimated that the total carbon stock (excluding soil carbon) in 2020 was close to 1000 million tonnes CO2-equivalents. This figure was calculated in response to public submissions and made public as referral documentation for consideration of setting a level of assessment under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 by the Environmental Protection Authority.
(f) The Draft Forest Management Plan 2014-2023 provided an indicative above and below ground carbon stock estimate in the live standing trees in the south-west forests, projected to 2014, as 164 million tonnes, which is 600 million tonnes CO2-equivalents.
(b) As reported in the Mid-term review of performance of the Forest Management Plan 2014-2023 and the End-of-term review of performance of the Forest Management Plan 2014-2023 (End of Term review), no carbon measurement plots were able to be established during the term of the current Forest Management Plan and no report has been prepared.
(c) Not applicable.
(d) Not applicable.
(e) The draft Proposed Forest Management Plan 2024-2033 estimated that the total carbon stock (excluding soil carbon) in 2020 was close to 1000 million tonnes CO2-equivalents. This figure was calculated in response to public submissions and made public as referral documentation for consideration of setting a level of assessment under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 by the Environmental Protection Authority.
(f) The Draft Forest Management Plan 2014-2023 provided an indicative above and below ground carbon stock estimate in the live standing trees in the south-west forests, projected to 2014, as 164 million tonnes, which is 600 million tonnes CO2-equivalents.
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