❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks details on pruning activities, costs, funding, and contract adherence related to government shared or joint forestry plantations. The answer provides data on pruning extent, expenditure, funding approach, contractor use, market value uncertainties, contract compliance, and adherence to pruning standards.
AnsweredQoN 8020Legislative Assembly
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In relation to Government shared or joint plantations:
(a) how much pruning has been done on Government shared or joint plantations;
(b) how much has this pruning cost;
(c) what funding has been made available for tree pruning;
(d) has pruning been contracted out;
(e) if trees have not been pruned, how much, on average, would this failure to prune diminished the value of a mature tree;
(f) have, or will, all contracts with tree growers be(en) honoured in full; and
(g) have the standards or methods of tree pruning been maintained to an acceptable level for all tree growers?
(a) how much pruning has been done on Government shared or joint plantations;
(b) how much has this pruning cost;
(c) what funding has been made available for tree pruning;
(d) has pruning been contracted out;
(e) if trees have not been pruned, how much, on average, would this failure to prune diminished the value of a mature tree;
(f) have, or will, all contracts with tree growers be(en) honoured in full; and
(g) have the standards or methods of tree pruning been maintained to an acceptable level for all tree growers?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
19 June 2012
Responded by
Minister for Forestry
Response time
33 days
(a) To date 1630 hectares of the Forest Products Commission's (FPC) eucalypt sawlog estate has been low pruned and a further 151 hectares has been high pruned.
(b) Approximately $764,000 has been spent on pruning of FPC's eucalypt sawlog sharefarms.
(c) There is currently no budget allocation for pruning of FPC sharefarm plantations. FPC undertakes management operations, including pruning where necessary, that are consistent with good silvicultural practice and future forest product markets.
(d) The majority of pruning works completed on sharefarm properties have been undertaken by private contractors with some small areas completed by FPC staff.
(e) It is difficult to accurately estimate product values for the eucalypt sawlog program as there is not currently a market for pruned, plantation-grown eucalypt sawlogs in Western Australia.
(f) FPC is complying with its obligations under the relevant Timber Sharefarming Agreements and will continue to do so.
(g) All pruning has been completed in accordance with FPC's internal guidelines and these guidelines are consistent with best practice.
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(b) Approximately $764,000 has been spent on pruning of FPC's eucalypt sawlog sharefarms.
(c) There is currently no budget allocation for pruning of FPC sharefarm plantations. FPC undertakes management operations, including pruning where necessary, that are consistent with good silvicultural practice and future forest product markets.
(d) The majority of pruning works completed on sharefarm properties have been undertaken by private contractors with some small areas completed by FPC staff.
(e) It is difficult to accurately estimate product values for the eucalypt sawlog program as there is not currently a market for pruned, plantation-grown eucalypt sawlogs in Western Australia.
(f) FPC is complying with its obligations under the relevant Timber Sharefarming Agreements and will continue to do so.
(g) All pruning has been completed in accordance with FPC's internal guidelines and these guidelines are consistent with best practice.
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