❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks information on the Department of Parks and Wildlife's actions and funding related to Mulgara conservation following a 2013 workshop. The response indicates limited progress and no dedicated offset funding during the specified period.
AnsweredQoN 2254Legislative Council
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For the one day workshop conducted by the Department of Parks and Wildlife on 11 December 2013 on Mulgara with the purpose to determine the highest-priority research needs to ensure survival of viable populations of Mulgara, I ask: (a) does the Department of Parks and Wildlife propose to provide the participants of that workshop with an annual report on its achievements in implementing the agreed actions; (b) what were the actions agreed to by the participants at that workshop; (c) what was the dollar value of offset funds under Department of Parks and Wildlife control on 10 December 2014 that related to Mulgara; (d) what offset funds were expended between 11 December 2013 and 10 December 2014 on Mulgara projects; (e) how much and on what projects were these funds expended; (f) against each of the actions agreed to by the workshop participants, what has been specifically achieved between 11 December 2013 and 10 December 2014 on Mulgara projects; and (g) what research reports or other publications indicating outcomes have been published between 11 December 2013 and 10 December 2014, that relate to the agreed actions for Mulgara?
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Answered
24 February 2015
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Environment
Response time
84 days
(a) No. The Department will produce annual progress reports of research activities once they commence, as will be stipulated in any Memoranda of Understanding executed with proponents providing offset funds for the Mulgara. These reports will be available to the public on the Departmental website.
(b) Actions agreed to by workshop participants for the Mulgara were:
(i) Prepare workshop outputs.
(ii) Distribute workshop outputs.
(iii) Forward all relevant Mulgara papers to Parks and Wildlife.
(iv) Source existing collections of tissue, scats and vouchered animals.
(v) Develop central bibliography.
(vi) Progress agreed research priorities, which were:
- Clarify taxonomy via genetic testing;
- Develop clear field survey guidance;
- Conduct field surveys to clarify distribution; and
- Update research plan based of outputs from above activities.
(vii) Look out for potential funding sources to support research priorities.
(c) Nil
(d) Nil
(e) Nil
(f) Progress against each of the workshop actions is:
(i) Completed.
(ii) Completed, workshop outputs are publicly available.
(iii) Workshop participants have not yet sent relevant papers on Mulgara to a central repository.
(iv) Parks and Wildlife, the Western Australian Museum and Murdoch University have collaboratively assembled all known Mulgara tissue samples available in
Western Australia.
(v) No progress to date.
(vi) No progress to date.
(vii) No progress to date.
(g) No research reports or other publications on the Mulgara were published by the Department between 11 December 2013 and 10 December 2014.
(b) Actions agreed to by workshop participants for the Mulgara were:
(i) Prepare workshop outputs.
(ii) Distribute workshop outputs.
(iii) Forward all relevant Mulgara papers to Parks and Wildlife.
(iv) Source existing collections of tissue, scats and vouchered animals.
(v) Develop central bibliography.
(vi) Progress agreed research priorities, which were:
- Clarify taxonomy via genetic testing;
- Develop clear field survey guidance;
- Conduct field surveys to clarify distribution; and
- Update research plan based of outputs from above activities.
(vii) Look out for potential funding sources to support research priorities.
(c) Nil
(d) Nil
(e) Nil
(f) Progress against each of the workshop actions is:
(i) Completed.
(ii) Completed, workshop outputs are publicly available.
(iii) Workshop participants have not yet sent relevant papers on Mulgara to a central repository.
(iv) Parks and Wildlife, the Western Australian Museum and Murdoch University have collaboratively assembled all known Mulgara tissue samples available in
Western Australia.
(v) No progress to date.
(vi) No progress to date.
(vii) No progress to date.
(g) No research reports or other publications on the Mulgara were published by the Department between 11 December 2013 and 10 December 2014.
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