❓ Question regarding the volume of karri and marri logs extracted from thinning operations in 2012-13, including sawlog grades and chip logs. The answer provides some data but lacks specific details on marri and future estimates.
AnsweredQoN 758Legislative Council
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(1) Regarding thinning of regrowth karri, for the financial year 2012-13 , how many cubic metres of extracted logs were: (a) karri; and (b) other (please specify)? (2) How much of the volume was: (a) first and second grade karri sawlogs; (b) other grade karri sawlogs (please specify); (c) karri chip logs; (d) first and second grade marri sawlogs; (e) other grade marri sawlogs (please specify); and (f) marri chip logs? (3) What was the volume estimated to be available of: (a) first and second grade karri sawlogs; (b) other grade karri sawlogs; and (c) karri chip logs?
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Answered
19 March 2014
Responded by
Minister for Agriculture and Food representing the Minister for Forestry
Response time
28 days
1(a) 81 635 m
3
delivered from thinning of younger even aged Karri regrowth. This figure does not include Karri logs delivered from operations involving a mixture of thinning and clearfelling from older stands.
(b) A very small amount of marri chiplog which is not separately recorded.
2(a) 553m
3
(b) 11m
3
of third grade sawlogs
(c) 81 071m
3
(d)-(e) Nil
(f) A very small quantity of marri chiplog is included in the karri volume (refer answer to 2c) but is not separately recorded.
3(a)-(c) Silvicultural data for areas harvested is only captured as calendar year. Information for the 2013 calendar year should be available from Department of Parks and Wildlife.
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delivered from thinning of younger even aged Karri regrowth. This figure does not include Karri logs delivered from operations involving a mixture of thinning and clearfelling from older stands.
(b) A very small amount of marri chiplog which is not separately recorded.
2(a) 553m
3
(b) 11m
3
of third grade sawlogs
(c) 81 071m
3
(d)-(e) Nil
(f) A very small quantity of marri chiplog is included in the karri volume (refer answer to 2c) but is not separately recorded.
3(a)-(c) Silvicultural data for areas harvested is only captured as calendar year. Information for the 2013 calendar year should be available from Department of Parks and Wildlife.
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