Hon Diane Evers asks the Minister for Environment about the objectives and area of prescribed burns in the South West forest region for the years 2013-2017. The Minister provides burn location and purposes but declines to provide specific objectives due to resource constraints.

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Asked
13 March 2018
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Environment

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For the years 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17, will the Minister please provide a table for the South West forest region showing for each of the three: (a) the objectives for the prescribed burns in each season; and (b) the area of prescribed burns in each season?

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Answered
11 April 2018
Responded by
Minister for Environment
Response time
10 days
(a)        The burns have been listed by their burn identification code (Burn ID), and the Burn Name which indicates the location of the burn. The location name generally uses the forest block, park or locality of the burn.
It is not possible to provide the list of burn objectives due to the staff time that would be required to extract these from the individual burn prescriptions. The objectives relate to a range of values and issues contained within the burn. There can be a number of objectives for each burn undertaken. The Burn Purposes have been provided as a component of the burn summary tables.
(b)        The area of the burn has been interpreted as the treated area within the burn boundary [See Tabled Paper No. #].

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