Question regarding the age and thinning status of regrowth karri forests available for wood production in Western Australia, differentiating between areas clear-felled before and after the reintroduction of the practice in 1967. The response provides specific hectare figures for each category.

AnsweredQoN 682Legislative Council
Asked
10 December 2013
Portfolio
Environment

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I refer to question on notice No. 1015 in the other place, and ask of the 49,950 hectares of post-clear felling regrowth karri available for wood production: (a) how many hectares date from clear felling conducted before selective logging was introduced in about 1940; (b) how much of the regrowth in (a) has been thinned; (c) how many hectares date from clear felling conducted after the practice was reintroduced in 1967; and (d) how much of the regrowth in (c) has been thinned?

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Answered
18 February 2014
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Environment
Response time
70 days
The Minister for Environment has provided the following response.
(a) 4 230 hectares
(b) 3 290 hectares
(c) 44 390 hectares
(d) 9 410 hectares

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