❓ Mr Waldron questions the basis of Cabinet's timber yield announcement and seeks assurance of industry access. Dr Edwards acknowledges the question and provides a detailed response outlining the complexities and ongoing reviews influencing the yield figure.
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I refer to reports in today’s The West Australian that biologist Grant Wardell-Johnson told a Conservation Commission science and forest management forum on Tuesday that he would prefer to see a much bigger area of south west forest used for a full range of purposes, including timber production under ecologically sustainable management. (1) Was Cabinet’s February announcement of an indicative sustained yield of 140 000 cubic metres per annum based on an ecologically sustainable management review? (2) Will the minister guarantee that the industry will have access to at least the 140 000 cubic metres per annum announced by Cabinet? Dr EDWARDS
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Cabinet’s decision in February to reaffirm the figure of 140 000 cubic metres as the indicative yield of jarrah was based on modelling by the Department of Conservation and Land Management about nine months ago. It was based on ecologically sustainable forest management to the extent that is undertaken at this stage. Part of the current forest management plan that we are looking at considers ecologically sustainable forest management in greater detail; in fact, the seminar on Tuesday is part of that whole process. As we consider it in more detail, it will probably mean that some areas will not be available for logging. Looking at the figure of 140 000 cubic metres - the indicative yield from CALM’s modelling - we are getting the message, on the one hand, that that figure is likely to decrease as the Conservation Commission looks at the final figure of true sustainable yield, and, on the other hand that the figure is likely to increase as we bring in some of the moratorium blocks. The best advice to us in February was to stick at that figure because, although it will go up and down, at the end of the day it is likely to be the most reliable figure. We are working to that figure. We are working through 10 proposals that have come to us from the Forest Products Commission. They are now going into a stage B process, which will be a consideration of their business plans. We want to move that through as quickly as possible, but in as responsible a manner as possible, because as a State we will be giving these companies money to value add, to go into manufacturing and to stay in the new industry. We want decisions made quickly so those companies can get certainty. At the end of the day we will be guided by the figure from the Conservation Commission and the Environmental Protection Authority. Ahead of that, we will be issuing contracts with financial arrangements to ensure that industry can stay on and move in.
(1) Was Cabinet’s February announcement of an indicative sustained yield of 140 000 cubic metres per annum based on an ecologically sustainable management review? (2) Will the minister guarantee that the industry will have access to at least the 140 000 cubic metres per annum announced by Cabinet? Dr EDWARDS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Cabinet’s decision in February to reaffirm the figure of 140 000 cubic metres as the indicative yield of jarrah was based on modelling by the Department of Conservation and Land Management about nine months ago. It was based on ecologically sustainable forest management to the extent that is undertaken at this stage. Part of the current forest management plan that we are looking at considers ecologically sustainable forest management in greater detail; in fact, the seminar on Tuesday is part of that whole process. As we consider it in more detail, it will probably mean that some areas will not be available for logging. Looking at the figure of 140 000 cubic metres - the indicative yield from CALM’s modelling - we are getting the message, on the one hand, that that figure is likely to decrease as the Conservation Commission looks at the final figure of true sustainable yield, and, on the other hand that the figure is likely to increase as we bring in some of the moratorium blocks. The best advice to us in February was to stick at that figure because, although it will go up and down, at the end of the day it is likely to be the most reliable figure. We are working to that figure. We are working through 10 proposals that have come to us from the Forest Products Commission. They are now going into a stage B process, which will be a consideration of their business plans. We want to move that through as quickly as possible, but in as responsible a manner as possible, because as a State we will be giving these companies money to value add, to go into manufacturing and to stay in the new industry. We want decisions made quickly so those companies can get certainty. At the end of the day we will be guided by the figure from the Conservation Commission and the Environmental Protection Authority. Ahead of that, we will be issuing contracts with financial arrangements to ensure that industry can stay on and move in.
(2) Will the minister guarantee that the industry will have access to at least the 140 000 cubic metres per annum announced by Cabinet? Dr EDWARDS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Cabinet’s decision in February to reaffirm the figure of 140 000 cubic metres as the indicative yield of jarrah was based on modelling by the Department of Conservation and Land Management about nine months ago. It was based on ecologically sustainable forest management to the extent that is undertaken at this stage. Part of the current forest management plan that we are looking at considers ecologically sustainable forest management in greater detail; in fact, the seminar on Tuesday is part of that whole process. As we consider it in more detail, it will probably mean that some areas will not be available for logging. Looking at the figure of 140 000 cubic metres - the indicative yield from CALM’s modelling - we are getting the message, on the one hand, that that figure is likely to decrease as the Conservation Commission looks at the final figure of true sustainable yield, and, on the other hand that the figure is likely to increase as we bring in some of the moratorium blocks. The best advice to us in February was to stick at that figure because, although it will go up and down, at the end of the day it is likely to be the most reliable figure. We are working to that figure. We are working through 10 proposals that have come to us from the Forest Products Commission. They are now going into a stage B process, which will be a consideration of their business plans. We want to move that through as quickly as possible, but in as responsible a manner as possible, because as a State we will be giving these companies money to value add, to go into manufacturing and to stay in the new industry. We want decisions made quickly so those companies can get certainty. At the end of the day we will be guided by the figure from the Conservation Commission and the Environmental Protection Authority. Ahead of that, we will be issuing contracts with financial arrangements to ensure that industry can stay on and move in.
Dr EDWARDS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Cabinet’s decision in February to reaffirm the figure of 140 000 cubic metres as the indicative yield of jarrah was based on modelling by the Department of Conservation and Land Management about nine months ago. It was based on ecologically sustainable forest management to the extent that is undertaken at this stage. Part of the current forest management plan that we are looking at considers ecologically sustainable forest management in greater detail; in fact, the seminar on Tuesday is part of that whole process. As we consider it in more detail, it will probably mean that some areas will not be available for logging. Looking at the figure of 140 000 cubic metres - the indicative yield from CALM’s modelling - we are getting the message, on the one hand, that that figure is likely to decrease as the Conservation Commission looks at the final figure of true sustainable yield, and, on the other hand that the figure is likely to increase as we bring in some of the moratorium blocks. The best advice to us in February was to stick at that figure because, although it will go up and down, at the end of the day it is likely to be the most reliable figure. We are working to that figure. We are working through 10 proposals that have come to us from the Forest Products Commission. They are now going into a stage B process, which will be a consideration of their business plans. We want to move that through as quickly as possible, but in as responsible a manner as possible, because as a State we will be giving these companies money to value add, to go into manufacturing and to stay in the new industry. We want decisions made quickly so those companies can get certainty. At the end of the day we will be guided by the figure from the Conservation Commission and the Environmental Protection Authority. Ahead of that, we will be issuing contracts with financial arrangements to ensure that industry can stay on and move in.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Cabinet’s decision in February to reaffirm the figure of 140 000 cubic metres as the indicative yield of jarrah was based on modelling by the Department of Conservation and Land Management about nine months ago. It was based on ecologically sustainable forest management to the extent that is undertaken at this stage. Part of the current forest management plan that we are looking at considers ecologically sustainable forest management in greater detail; in fact, the seminar on Tuesday is part of that whole process. As we consider it in more detail, it will probably mean that some areas will not be available for logging. Looking at the figure of 140 000 cubic metres - the indicative yield from CALM’s modelling - we are getting the message, on the one hand, that that figure is likely to decrease as the Conservation Commission looks at the final figure of true sustainable yield, and, on the other hand that the figure is likely to increase as we bring in some of the moratorium blocks. The best advice to us in February was to stick at that figure because, although it will go up and down, at the end of the day it is likely to be the most reliable figure. We are working to that figure. We are working through 10 proposals that have come to us from the Forest Products Commission. They are now going into a stage B process, which will be a consideration of their business plans. We want to move that through as quickly as possible, but in as responsible a manner as possible, because as a State we will be giving these companies money to value add, to go into manufacturing and to stay in the new industry. We want decisions made quickly so those companies can get certainty. At the end of the day we will be guided by the figure from the Conservation Commission and the Environmental Protection Authority. Ahead of that, we will be issuing contracts with financial arrangements to ensure that industry can stay on and move in.
(1)-(2) Cabinet’s decision in February to reaffirm the figure of 140 000 cubic metres as the indicative yield of jarrah was based on modelling by the Department of Conservation and Land Management about nine months ago. It was based on ecologically sustainable forest management to the extent that is undertaken at this stage. Part of the current forest management plan that we are looking at considers ecologically sustainable forest management in greater detail; in fact, the seminar on Tuesday is part of that whole process. As we consider it in more detail, it will probably mean that some areas will not be available for logging. Looking at the figure of 140 000 cubic metres - the indicative yield from CALM’s modelling - we are getting the message, on the one hand, that that figure is likely to decrease as the Conservation Commission looks at the final figure of true sustainable yield, and, on the other hand that the figure is likely to increase as we bring in some of the moratorium blocks. The best advice to us in February was to stick at that figure because, although it will go up and down, at the end of the day it is likely to be the most reliable figure. We are working to that figure. We are working through 10 proposals that have come to us from the Forest Products Commission. They are now going into a stage B process, which will be a consideration of their business plans. We want to move that through as quickly as possible, but in as responsible a manner as possible, because as a State we will be giving these companies money to value add, to go into manufacturing and to stay in the new industry. We want decisions made quickly so those companies can get certainty. At the end of the day we will be guided by the figure from the Conservation Commission and the Environmental Protection Authority. Ahead of that, we will be issuing contracts with financial arrangements to ensure that industry can stay on and move in.
(1) Was Cabinet’s February announcement of an indicative sustained yield of 140 000 cubic metres per annum based on an ecologically sustainable management review? (2) Will the minister guarantee that the industry will have access to at least the 140 000 cubic metres per annum announced by Cabinet? Dr EDWARDS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Cabinet’s decision in February to reaffirm the figure of 140 000 cubic metres as the indicative yield of jarrah was based on modelling by the Department of Conservation and Land Management about nine months ago. It was based on ecologically sustainable forest management to the extent that is undertaken at this stage. Part of the current forest management plan that we are looking at considers ecologically sustainable forest management in greater detail; in fact, the seminar on Tuesday is part of that whole process. As we consider it in more detail, it will probably mean that some areas will not be available for logging. Looking at the figure of 140 000 cubic metres - the indicative yield from CALM’s modelling - we are getting the message, on the one hand, that that figure is likely to decrease as the Conservation Commission looks at the final figure of true sustainable yield, and, on the other hand that the figure is likely to increase as we bring in some of the moratorium blocks. The best advice to us in February was to stick at that figure because, although it will go up and down, at the end of the day it is likely to be the most reliable figure. We are working to that figure. We are working through 10 proposals that have come to us from the Forest Products Commission. They are now going into a stage B process, which will be a consideration of their business plans. We want to move that through as quickly as possible, but in as responsible a manner as possible, because as a State we will be giving these companies money to value add, to go into manufacturing and to stay in the new industry. We want decisions made quickly so those companies can get certainty. At the end of the day we will be guided by the figure from the Conservation Commission and the Environmental Protection Authority. Ahead of that, we will be issuing contracts with financial arrangements to ensure that industry can stay on and move in.
(2) Will the minister guarantee that the industry will have access to at least the 140 000 cubic metres per annum announced by Cabinet? Dr EDWARDS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Cabinet’s decision in February to reaffirm the figure of 140 000 cubic metres as the indicative yield of jarrah was based on modelling by the Department of Conservation and Land Management about nine months ago. It was based on ecologically sustainable forest management to the extent that is undertaken at this stage. Part of the current forest management plan that we are looking at considers ecologically sustainable forest management in greater detail; in fact, the seminar on Tuesday is part of that whole process. As we consider it in more detail, it will probably mean that some areas will not be available for logging. Looking at the figure of 140 000 cubic metres - the indicative yield from CALM’s modelling - we are getting the message, on the one hand, that that figure is likely to decrease as the Conservation Commission looks at the final figure of true sustainable yield, and, on the other hand that the figure is likely to increase as we bring in some of the moratorium blocks. The best advice to us in February was to stick at that figure because, although it will go up and down, at the end of the day it is likely to be the most reliable figure. We are working to that figure. We are working through 10 proposals that have come to us from the Forest Products Commission. They are now going into a stage B process, which will be a consideration of their business plans. We want to move that through as quickly as possible, but in as responsible a manner as possible, because as a State we will be giving these companies money to value add, to go into manufacturing and to stay in the new industry. We want decisions made quickly so those companies can get certainty. At the end of the day we will be guided by the figure from the Conservation Commission and the Environmental Protection Authority. Ahead of that, we will be issuing contracts with financial arrangements to ensure that industry can stay on and move in.
Dr EDWARDS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Cabinet’s decision in February to reaffirm the figure of 140 000 cubic metres as the indicative yield of jarrah was based on modelling by the Department of Conservation and Land Management about nine months ago. It was based on ecologically sustainable forest management to the extent that is undertaken at this stage. Part of the current forest management plan that we are looking at considers ecologically sustainable forest management in greater detail; in fact, the seminar on Tuesday is part of that whole process. As we consider it in more detail, it will probably mean that some areas will not be available for logging. Looking at the figure of 140 000 cubic metres - the indicative yield from CALM’s modelling - we are getting the message, on the one hand, that that figure is likely to decrease as the Conservation Commission looks at the final figure of true sustainable yield, and, on the other hand that the figure is likely to increase as we bring in some of the moratorium blocks. The best advice to us in February was to stick at that figure because, although it will go up and down, at the end of the day it is likely to be the most reliable figure. We are working to that figure. We are working through 10 proposals that have come to us from the Forest Products Commission. They are now going into a stage B process, which will be a consideration of their business plans. We want to move that through as quickly as possible, but in as responsible a manner as possible, because as a State we will be giving these companies money to value add, to go into manufacturing and to stay in the new industry. We want decisions made quickly so those companies can get certainty. At the end of the day we will be guided by the figure from the Conservation Commission and the Environmental Protection Authority. Ahead of that, we will be issuing contracts with financial arrangements to ensure that industry can stay on and move in.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Cabinet’s decision in February to reaffirm the figure of 140 000 cubic metres as the indicative yield of jarrah was based on modelling by the Department of Conservation and Land Management about nine months ago. It was based on ecologically sustainable forest management to the extent that is undertaken at this stage. Part of the current forest management plan that we are looking at considers ecologically sustainable forest management in greater detail; in fact, the seminar on Tuesday is part of that whole process. As we consider it in more detail, it will probably mean that some areas will not be available for logging. Looking at the figure of 140 000 cubic metres - the indicative yield from CALM’s modelling - we are getting the message, on the one hand, that that figure is likely to decrease as the Conservation Commission looks at the final figure of true sustainable yield, and, on the other hand that the figure is likely to increase as we bring in some of the moratorium blocks. The best advice to us in February was to stick at that figure because, although it will go up and down, at the end of the day it is likely to be the most reliable figure. We are working to that figure. We are working through 10 proposals that have come to us from the Forest Products Commission. They are now going into a stage B process, which will be a consideration of their business plans. We want to move that through as quickly as possible, but in as responsible a manner as possible, because as a State we will be giving these companies money to value add, to go into manufacturing and to stay in the new industry. We want decisions made quickly so those companies can get certainty. At the end of the day we will be guided by the figure from the Conservation Commission and the Environmental Protection Authority. Ahead of that, we will be issuing contracts with financial arrangements to ensure that industry can stay on and move in.
(1)-(2) Cabinet’s decision in February to reaffirm the figure of 140 000 cubic metres as the indicative yield of jarrah was based on modelling by the Department of Conservation and Land Management about nine months ago. It was based on ecologically sustainable forest management to the extent that is undertaken at this stage. Part of the current forest management plan that we are looking at considers ecologically sustainable forest management in greater detail; in fact, the seminar on Tuesday is part of that whole process. As we consider it in more detail, it will probably mean that some areas will not be available for logging. Looking at the figure of 140 000 cubic metres - the indicative yield from CALM’s modelling - we are getting the message, on the one hand, that that figure is likely to decrease as the Conservation Commission looks at the final figure of true sustainable yield, and, on the other hand that the figure is likely to increase as we bring in some of the moratorium blocks. The best advice to us in February was to stick at that figure because, although it will go up and down, at the end of the day it is likely to be the most reliable figure. We are working to that figure. We are working through 10 proposals that have come to us from the Forest Products Commission. They are now going into a stage B process, which will be a consideration of their business plans. We want to move that through as quickly as possible, but in as responsible a manner as possible, because as a State we will be giving these companies money to value add, to go into manufacturing and to stay in the new industry. We want decisions made quickly so those companies can get certainty. At the end of the day we will be guided by the figure from the Conservation Commission and the Environmental Protection Authority. Ahead of that, we will be issuing contracts with financial arrangements to ensure that industry can stay on and move in.
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