❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding additions to the conservation estate since September 2008, including land area, biogeographical regions, expenditure, and land transfers from public ownership. The answer provides specific figures for each aspect.
AnsweredQoN 7104Legislative Assembly
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In relation to the reservation of ecosystems for the formation of a comprehensive, adequate and representative reserve system, I ask:
(a) since the formation of the Barnett Government in September 2008, how many hectares of land have been added to the conservation estate;
(b) to which biogeographical regions have additions been made since September 2008;
(c) how much money has been spent on additions to the conservation estate; and
(d) how many hectares have been added to the conservation estate by transferring land from other forms of public ownership?
(a) since the formation of the Barnett Government in September 2008, how many hectares of land have been added to the conservation estate;
(b) to which biogeographical regions have additions been made since September 2008;
(c) how much money has been spent on additions to the conservation estate; and
(d) how many hectares have been added to the conservation estate by transferring land from other forms of public ownership?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
20 March 2012
Responded by
Minister for Environment
Response time
28 days
(a) 231 409 hectares have been added to the conservation reserve system as national park, nature reserve, conservation park or land reserved under section 5(1)(h) of the
Conservation and Land Management Act 1984
.
(b) Additions have been made in the following bioregions defined by the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia: Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Dampierland, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Victoria Bonaparte, Warren and Yalgoo.
(c) $11 398 500 has been spent on acquiring 34 properties for addition to the conservation estate. Of the 34 purchases, 17 (at a cost of $6 238 000) were funded by development proponents as environmental offsets, the Commonwealth Government assisted with three purchases ($382 000), and the remaining amount was funded through the State Government.
(d) 224 482 hectares of the area identified in (a) were from forms of public ownership, including unallocated Crown land and land held by State Government agencies.
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Conservation and Land Management Act 1984
.
(b) Additions have been made in the following bioregions defined by the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia: Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Dampierland, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Victoria Bonaparte, Warren and Yalgoo.
(c) $11 398 500 has been spent on acquiring 34 properties for addition to the conservation estate. Of the 34 purchases, 17 (at a cost of $6 238 000) were funded by development proponents as environmental offsets, the Commonwealth Government assisted with three purchases ($382 000), and the remaining amount was funded through the State Government.
(d) 224 482 hectares of the area identified in (a) were from forms of public ownership, including unallocated Crown land and land held by State Government agencies.
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