❓ The WA government provides data on the number and size of sites added to Bush Forever and the Metropolitan Regional Park system from 2020 to 2024. The data shows fluctuating additions, with a significant increase in Bush Forever sites in 2020.
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How many sites, by number and hectare, have been added to Bush Forever and the Metropolitan Regional Park system in the following years: (a) 2020; (b) 2021; (c) 2022; (d) 2023; and (e) 2024 to date?
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Answered
26 November 2024
Responded by
Minister for Agriculture and Food representing the Minister for Planning
Response time
9 days
(a) 2020: 30 sites - 248.1073 hectares were added to the Bush Forever program. Metropolitan Region Scheme amendments 1333/57 and 1335/57 were Bush Forever omnibus amendments that included a significant number of land parcels, totalling over 220 hectares.
(b) 2021: 1 site - 24.4 hectares were added to the Metropolitan Regional Park system.
(c) 2022: 1 site - 0.4648 hectares were added to the Bush Forever program.
(d) 2023: 1 site - 18.4812 hectares were added to the Metropolitan Regional Park system.
(e) Nil to date.
(b) 2021: 1 site - 24.4 hectares were added to the Metropolitan Regional Park system.
(c) 2022: 1 site - 0.4648 hectares were added to the Bush Forever program.
(d) 2023: 1 site - 18.4812 hectares were added to the Metropolitan Regional Park system.
(e) Nil to date.
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