❓ The question concerns the impact of State Forest becoming National Parks on firewood collection in the South West, and the implications of the Environmental Protection Amendment Bill 2002. The answer addresses firewood access and regulations.
AnsweredQoN 1133Legislative Council
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(1) With many areas of State Forest becoming National Parks in the South West, where are people going to be allowed to collect firewood?
(2) Is it the Government’s intention to only have fee paying public firewood areas in the South West?
(3) Given that it will be come illegal to remove dead native vegetation even from private properties without Government consent when the
Environmental Protection Amendment Bill 2002
goes through?
(4) Where are the many people in the South West who have wood fires and currently collect firewood for free meant to obtain firewood?
(2) Is it the Government’s intention to only have fee paying public firewood areas in the South West?
(3) Given that it will be come illegal to remove dead native vegetation even from private properties without Government consent when the
Environmental Protection Amendment Bill 2002
goes through?
(4) Where are the many people in the South West who have wood fires and currently collect firewood for free meant to obtain firewood?
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Answered
21 August 2003
Responded by
Minister for Local Government and Regional Development representing the Minister for the Environment
Response time
2 days
(2) No decision has been made to vary current management of public access to firewood in south west forest areas outside the conservation reserve system. Concern has been expressed, including at the national level, over the potential environmental impact of firewood collection, and a review of firewood collection in Western Australia is proposed. It is not possible to predict what this review may yield. (3-4) Under the Environmental Protection Amendment Bill 2002 , draft Regulations are intended to provide an exemption from the requirement for a clearing permit for the provision of firewood for the personal use by the owner of the land on which the vegetation was growing. The draft Regulation provides certain conditions, such as the maximum quantity that may be stored, the size of the wood that may be cut, and the protection of living trees. It is thus intended that landowners will continue to have access to firewood on their property.
(3-4) Under the Environmental Protection Amendment Bill 2002 , draft Regulations are intended to provide an exemption from the requirement for a clearing permit for the provision of firewood for the personal use by the owner of the land on which the vegetation was growing. The draft Regulation provides certain conditions, such as the maximum quantity that may be stored, the size of the wood that may be cut, and the protection of living trees. It is thus intended that landowners will continue to have access to firewood on their property.
(3-4) Under the Environmental Protection Amendment Bill 2002 , draft Regulations are intended to provide an exemption from the requirement for a clearing permit for the provision of firewood for the personal use by the owner of the land on which the vegetation was growing. The draft Regulation provides certain conditions, such as the maximum quantity that may be stored, the size of the wood that may be cut, and the protection of living trees. It is thus intended that landowners will continue to have access to firewood on their property.
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