❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding the area of State forest cleared for bauxite mining and the volume of various timber products removed from these mining operations. Data is provided from 1993-2001, with no differentiation between areas harvested for bauxite mining and surrounding areas harvested but not affected by mining prior to 1992.
AnsweredQoN 352Legislative Council
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(1) How many hectares of State forest have been cleared for bauxite mining?
(2) How many cubic metres of -
(a) first and second grade jarrah sawlogs;
(b) jarrah charlogs;
(c) other jarrah logs;
(d) marri sawlogs;
(e) marri chiplogs; and
(f) other (please specify),
have been removed from these bauxite mining operations?
(2) How many cubic metres of -
(a) first and second grade jarrah sawlogs;
(b) jarrah charlogs;
(c) other jarrah logs;
(d) marri sawlogs;
(e) marri chiplogs; and
(f) other (please specify),
have been removed from these bauxite mining operations?
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Answered
26 February 2002
Responded by
Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Response time
77 days
(b) jarrah charlogs; (c) other jarrah logs; (d) marri sawlogs; (e) marri chiplogs; and (f) other (please specify), have been removed from these bauxite mining operations?
(c) other jarrah logs; (d) marri sawlogs; (e) marri chiplogs; and (f) other (please specify), have been removed from these bauxite mining operations?
(d) marri sawlogs; (e) marri chiplogs; and (f) other (please specify), have been removed from these bauxite mining operations?
(e) marri chiplogs; and (f) other (please specify), have been removed from these bauxite mining operations?
(f) other (please specify), have been removed from these bauxite mining operations?
have been removed from these bauxite mining operations?
(2) Data prior to 1992 is not available because there is no differentiation between areas harvested for bauxite mining and surrounding areas harvested but not affected by mining 1993 to 2001 Species and Grade of Log/Volume in cubic metres First and second grade sawlogs 77,779 Jarrah charlogs 29,474 Other jarrah logs 11,130 Marri sawlogs 1,399 Marri chiplogs 8,070 Other (please specify) Blackbutt First Grade Sawlogs 24 Blackbutt Low Grade Feature Sawlogs 7 Blackbutt Second Grade Sawlogs 5 Jarrah Burl 35 Jarrah Chopping Log 114 Jarrah Dry Domestic Firewood 64,613 Jarrah Fencing Log 26,291 Jarrah Green Domestic Firewood 16,456 Jarrah Industrial Wood Log 54 Jarrah Mining Timber Log 339 Jarrah Particle Board Log 10 Jarrah Unprocessed Round 1,153 Marri Green Domestic Firewood 1 Marri Industrial Wood Log 1,401 Marri Particle Board Log 2,672 Marri Tree Pegging Log 11 Pinaster Industrial Wood Log 1,292 Pinaster Particle Board Log 129 Pinaster Sawlog 7 Radiata Industrial Wood Log 18 Sheoak First Grade Sawlogs 1,054 Sheoak High Grade Feature Sawlogs 902 Sheoak Low Grade Feature Sawlogs 460
1993 to 2001 Species and Grade of Log/Volume in cubic metres First and second grade sawlogs 77,779 Jarrah charlogs 29,474 Other jarrah logs 11,130 Marri sawlogs 1,399 Marri chiplogs 8,070 Other (please specify) Blackbutt First Grade Sawlogs 24 Blackbutt Low Grade Feature Sawlogs 7 Blackbutt Second Grade Sawlogs 5 Jarrah Burl 35 Jarrah Chopping Log 114 Jarrah Dry Domestic Firewood 64,613 Jarrah Fencing Log 26,291 Jarrah Green Domestic Firewood 16,456 Jarrah Industrial Wood Log 54 Jarrah Mining Timber Log 339 Jarrah Particle Board Log 10 Jarrah Unprocessed Round 1,153 Marri Green Domestic Firewood 1 Marri Industrial Wood Log 1,401 Marri Particle Board Log 2,672 Marri Tree Pegging Log 11 Pinaster Industrial Wood Log 1,292 Pinaster Particle Board Log 129 Pinaster Sawlog 7 Radiata Industrial Wood Log 18 Sheoak First Grade Sawlogs 1,054 Sheoak High Grade Feature Sawlogs 902 Sheoak Low Grade Feature Sawlogs 460
Species and Grade of Log/Volume in cubic metres First and second grade sawlogs 77,779 Jarrah charlogs 29,474 Other jarrah logs 11,130 Marri sawlogs 1,399 Marri chiplogs 8,070 Other (please specify) Blackbutt First Grade Sawlogs 24 Blackbutt Low Grade Feature Sawlogs 7 Blackbutt Second Grade Sawlogs 5 Jarrah Burl 35 Jarrah Chopping Log 114 Jarrah Dry Domestic Firewood 64,613 Jarrah Fencing Log 26,291 Jarrah Green Domestic Firewood 16,456 Jarrah Industrial Wood Log 54 Jarrah Mining Timber Log 339 Jarrah Particle Board Log 10 Jarrah Unprocessed Round 1,153 Marri Green Domestic Firewood 1 Marri Industrial Wood Log 1,401 Marri Particle Board Log 2,672 Marri Tree Pegging Log 11 Pinaster Industrial Wood Log 1,292 Pinaster Particle Board Log 129 Pinaster Sawlog 7 Radiata Industrial Wood Log 18 Sheoak First Grade Sawlogs 1,054 Sheoak High Grade Feature Sawlogs 902 Sheoak Low Grade Feature Sawlogs 460
First and second grade sawlogs 77,779 Jarrah charlogs 29,474 Other jarrah logs 11,130 Marri sawlogs 1,399 Marri chiplogs 8,070 Other (please specify) Blackbutt First Grade Sawlogs 24 Blackbutt Low Grade Feature Sawlogs 7 Blackbutt Second Grade Sawlogs 5 Jarrah Burl 35 Jarrah Chopping Log 114 Jarrah Dry Domestic Firewood 64,613 Jarrah Fencing Log 26,291 Jarrah Green Domestic Firewood 16,456 Jarrah Industrial Wood Log 54 Jarrah Mining Timber Log 339 Jarrah Particle Board Log 10 Jarrah Unprocessed Round 1,153 Marri Green Domestic Firewood 1 Marri Industrial Wood Log 1,401 Marri Particle Board Log 2,672 Marri Tree Pegging Log 11 Pinaster Industrial Wood Log 1,292 Pinaster Particle Board Log 129 Pinaster Sawlog 7 Radiata Industrial Wood Log 18 Sheoak First Grade Sawlogs 1,054 Sheoak High Grade Feature Sawlogs 902 Sheoak Low Grade Feature Sawlogs 460
Jarrah Burl 35 Jarrah Chopping Log 114 Jarrah Dry Domestic Firewood 64,613 Jarrah Fencing Log 26,291 Jarrah Green Domestic Firewood 16,456 Jarrah Industrial Wood Log 54 Jarrah Mining Timber Log 339 Jarrah Particle Board Log 10 Jarrah Unprocessed Round 1,153 Marri Green Domestic Firewood 1 Marri Industrial Wood Log 1,401 Marri Particle Board Log 2,672 Marri Tree Pegging Log 11 Pinaster Industrial Wood Log 1,292 Pinaster Particle Board Log 129 Pinaster Sawlog 7 Radiata Industrial Wood Log 18 Sheoak First Grade Sawlogs 1,054 Sheoak High Grade Feature Sawlogs 902 Sheoak Low Grade Feature Sawlogs 460
(c) other jarrah logs; (d) marri sawlogs; (e) marri chiplogs; and (f) other (please specify), have been removed from these bauxite mining operations?
(d) marri sawlogs; (e) marri chiplogs; and (f) other (please specify), have been removed from these bauxite mining operations?
(e) marri chiplogs; and (f) other (please specify), have been removed from these bauxite mining operations?
(f) other (please specify), have been removed from these bauxite mining operations?
have been removed from these bauxite mining operations?
(2) Data prior to 1992 is not available because there is no differentiation between areas harvested for bauxite mining and surrounding areas harvested but not affected by mining 1993 to 2001 Species and Grade of Log/Volume in cubic metres First and second grade sawlogs 77,779 Jarrah charlogs 29,474 Other jarrah logs 11,130 Marri sawlogs 1,399 Marri chiplogs 8,070 Other (please specify) Blackbutt First Grade Sawlogs 24 Blackbutt Low Grade Feature Sawlogs 7 Blackbutt Second Grade Sawlogs 5 Jarrah Burl 35 Jarrah Chopping Log 114 Jarrah Dry Domestic Firewood 64,613 Jarrah Fencing Log 26,291 Jarrah Green Domestic Firewood 16,456 Jarrah Industrial Wood Log 54 Jarrah Mining Timber Log 339 Jarrah Particle Board Log 10 Jarrah Unprocessed Round 1,153 Marri Green Domestic Firewood 1 Marri Industrial Wood Log 1,401 Marri Particle Board Log 2,672 Marri Tree Pegging Log 11 Pinaster Industrial Wood Log 1,292 Pinaster Particle Board Log 129 Pinaster Sawlog 7 Radiata Industrial Wood Log 18 Sheoak First Grade Sawlogs 1,054 Sheoak High Grade Feature Sawlogs 902 Sheoak Low Grade Feature Sawlogs 460
1993 to 2001 Species and Grade of Log/Volume in cubic metres First and second grade sawlogs 77,779 Jarrah charlogs 29,474 Other jarrah logs 11,130 Marri sawlogs 1,399 Marri chiplogs 8,070 Other (please specify) Blackbutt First Grade Sawlogs 24 Blackbutt Low Grade Feature Sawlogs 7 Blackbutt Second Grade Sawlogs 5 Jarrah Burl 35 Jarrah Chopping Log 114 Jarrah Dry Domestic Firewood 64,613 Jarrah Fencing Log 26,291 Jarrah Green Domestic Firewood 16,456 Jarrah Industrial Wood Log 54 Jarrah Mining Timber Log 339 Jarrah Particle Board Log 10 Jarrah Unprocessed Round 1,153 Marri Green Domestic Firewood 1 Marri Industrial Wood Log 1,401 Marri Particle Board Log 2,672 Marri Tree Pegging Log 11 Pinaster Industrial Wood Log 1,292 Pinaster Particle Board Log 129 Pinaster Sawlog 7 Radiata Industrial Wood Log 18 Sheoak First Grade Sawlogs 1,054 Sheoak High Grade Feature Sawlogs 902 Sheoak Low Grade Feature Sawlogs 460
Species and Grade of Log/Volume in cubic metres First and second grade sawlogs 77,779 Jarrah charlogs 29,474 Other jarrah logs 11,130 Marri sawlogs 1,399 Marri chiplogs 8,070 Other (please specify) Blackbutt First Grade Sawlogs 24 Blackbutt Low Grade Feature Sawlogs 7 Blackbutt Second Grade Sawlogs 5 Jarrah Burl 35 Jarrah Chopping Log 114 Jarrah Dry Domestic Firewood 64,613 Jarrah Fencing Log 26,291 Jarrah Green Domestic Firewood 16,456 Jarrah Industrial Wood Log 54 Jarrah Mining Timber Log 339 Jarrah Particle Board Log 10 Jarrah Unprocessed Round 1,153 Marri Green Domestic Firewood 1 Marri Industrial Wood Log 1,401 Marri Particle Board Log 2,672 Marri Tree Pegging Log 11 Pinaster Industrial Wood Log 1,292 Pinaster Particle Board Log 129 Pinaster Sawlog 7 Radiata Industrial Wood Log 18 Sheoak First Grade Sawlogs 1,054 Sheoak High Grade Feature Sawlogs 902 Sheoak Low Grade Feature Sawlogs 460
First and second grade sawlogs 77,779 Jarrah charlogs 29,474 Other jarrah logs 11,130 Marri sawlogs 1,399 Marri chiplogs 8,070 Other (please specify) Blackbutt First Grade Sawlogs 24 Blackbutt Low Grade Feature Sawlogs 7 Blackbutt Second Grade Sawlogs 5 Jarrah Burl 35 Jarrah Chopping Log 114 Jarrah Dry Domestic Firewood 64,613 Jarrah Fencing Log 26,291 Jarrah Green Domestic Firewood 16,456 Jarrah Industrial Wood Log 54 Jarrah Mining Timber Log 339 Jarrah Particle Board Log 10 Jarrah Unprocessed Round 1,153 Marri Green Domestic Firewood 1 Marri Industrial Wood Log 1,401 Marri Particle Board Log 2,672 Marri Tree Pegging Log 11 Pinaster Industrial Wood Log 1,292 Pinaster Particle Board Log 129 Pinaster Sawlog 7 Radiata Industrial Wood Log 18 Sheoak First Grade Sawlogs 1,054 Sheoak High Grade Feature Sawlogs 902 Sheoak Low Grade Feature Sawlogs 460
Jarrah Burl 35 Jarrah Chopping Log 114 Jarrah Dry Domestic Firewood 64,613 Jarrah Fencing Log 26,291 Jarrah Green Domestic Firewood 16,456 Jarrah Industrial Wood Log 54 Jarrah Mining Timber Log 339 Jarrah Particle Board Log 10 Jarrah Unprocessed Round 1,153 Marri Green Domestic Firewood 1 Marri Industrial Wood Log 1,401 Marri Particle Board Log 2,672 Marri Tree Pegging Log 11 Pinaster Industrial Wood Log 1,292 Pinaster Particle Board Log 129 Pinaster Sawlog 7 Radiata Industrial Wood Log 18 Sheoak First Grade Sawlogs 1,054 Sheoak High Grade Feature Sawlogs 902 Sheoak Low Grade Feature Sawlogs 460
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