❓ Hon Dr Brad Pettitt asked about the total area cleared for bauxite mining on lands managed by the Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Attractions within the Northern Jarrah Forest. The Minister provided a detailed breakdown by decade and year, including vegetation types cleared.
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(1) What is the total area of clearing for bauxite mining on lands managed by the Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Attractions within the Northern Jarrah Forest? (2) Will the Minister please provide a breakdown of the information provided in answer to (1) to show: (a) by decade, how much land was cleared; (b) by decade, each vegetation type that was cleared and the area cleared for each vegetation type; (c) for each year of the last 10 years, how much land was cleared; and (d) for each year of the last 10 years, each vegetation type that was cleared and the area cleared for each vegetation type?
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Answered
15 March 2022
Responded by
Minister for Emergency Services representing the Minister for Environment
Response time
6 days
(1) The total area of clearing for bauxite mining on lands managed by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions within the Northern Jarrah Forest is 32,130 hectares.
(2)
(a) - (b)
Dominant forest type (derived from vegetation complexes [1] )
Decade of clearing
Jarrah/Marri
Wandoo
Native non-forest
Total
1960-69
440
0
0
440
1970-79
2,030
0
10
2,040
1980-89
4,060
50
10
4,120
1990-99
6,210
40
30
6,280
2000-09
7,560
400
0
7,960
2010-19
9,250
1,150
20
10,420
2020
830
30
10
870
Total
30,380
1,670
80
32,130
[1] Webb A, Kinloch J, Keighery G, Pitt G. 2016 The extension of vegetation complex mapping to landform boundaries within the Swan Coastal Plain landform and forested region of south west Western Australia. Department of Parks and Wildlife, Perth, Western Australia.
(c) – (d)
Dominant forest type (derived from vegetation complexes [2] )
Year of clearing
Jarrah/Marri
Wandoo
Native non-forest
Total
2011
1,230
90
0
1,320
2012
710
100
0
810
2013
910
120
0
1,030
2014
900
80
0
980
2015
870
160
0
1,030
2016
810
10
10
830
2017
830
150
0
980
2018
710
190
0
900
2019
1,030
170
0
1,200
2020
830
30
10
870
Total
8,830
1,100
20
9,950
[2] Webb A, Kinloch J, Keighery G, Pitt G. 2016 The extension of vegetation complex mapping to landform boundaries within the Swan Coastal Plain landform and forested region of south west Western Australia. Department of Parks and Wildlife, Perth, Western Australia.
(2)
(a) - (b)
Dominant forest type (derived from vegetation complexes [1] )
Decade of clearing
Jarrah/Marri
Wandoo
Native non-forest
Total
1960-69
440
0
0
440
1970-79
2,030
0
10
2,040
1980-89
4,060
50
10
4,120
1990-99
6,210
40
30
6,280
2000-09
7,560
400
0
7,960
2010-19
9,250
1,150
20
10,420
2020
830
30
10
870
Total
30,380
1,670
80
32,130
[1] Webb A, Kinloch J, Keighery G, Pitt G. 2016 The extension of vegetation complex mapping to landform boundaries within the Swan Coastal Plain landform and forested region of south west Western Australia. Department of Parks and Wildlife, Perth, Western Australia.
(c) – (d)
Dominant forest type (derived from vegetation complexes [2] )
Year of clearing
Jarrah/Marri
Wandoo
Native non-forest
Total
2011
1,230
90
0
1,320
2012
710
100
0
810
2013
910
120
0
1,030
2014
900
80
0
980
2015
870
160
0
1,030
2016
810
10
10
830
2017
830
150
0
980
2018
710
190
0
900
2019
1,030
170
0
1,200
2020
830
30
10
870
Total
8,830
1,100
20
9,950
[2] Webb A, Kinloch J, Keighery G, Pitt G. 2016 The extension of vegetation complex mapping to landform boundaries within the Swan Coastal Plain landform and forested region of south west Western Australia. Department of Parks and Wildlife, Perth, Western Australia.
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