❓ Hon. Sally Talbot questions the Minister for Environment regarding the greatest threat to the Beeliar wetlands' environmental, cultural, and social values. The Minister identifies the drying climate and subsequent weed invasion as the primary threat.
AnsweredQoN 121Legislative Council
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BEELIAR WETLANDS
121. Hon SALLY
TALBOT to the minister representing the Minister for Environment:
I refer to the ''Beeliar
Regional Park Final Management Plan 2006'', which states —
Over 75% of the wetlands of the Swan
Coastal Plain have been lost since European settlement and there is a need, as
well as a community expectation, that remaining wetlands should be conserved
for their particular environmental, cultural and social values
What does the minister regard as the
greatest current threat to the environmental, cultural and social values of the
Beeliar wetlands?
121. Hon SALLY
TALBOT to the minister representing the Minister for Environment:
I refer to the ''Beeliar
Regional Park Final Management Plan 2006'', which states —
Over 75% of the wetlands of the Swan
Coastal Plain have been lost since European settlement and there is a need, as
well as a community expectation, that remaining wetlands should be conserved
for their particular environmental, cultural and social values
What does the minister regard as the
greatest current threat to the environmental, cultural and social values of the
Beeliar wetlands?
AnswerView source ↗
I think it is necessary for me to
say that the Minister for Environment has provided the following response —
The government recognises that the
Beeliar wetlands are an important wildlife habitat with diverse wetland types
and plant assemblages that support a range of native fauna, including the
southern brown bandicoot, freshwater turtles and both resident and migratory
waterbirds. The greatest current threat is the extended trend of a drying
climate and the consequential change to the hydrology of the wetlands system.
This in turn leads to significant weed invasion, which is being addressed by
the Department of Environment and Conservation, the local government authority
and volunteer groups.
say that the Minister for Environment has provided the following response —
The government recognises that the
Beeliar wetlands are an important wildlife habitat with diverse wetland types
and plant assemblages that support a range of native fauna, including the
southern brown bandicoot, freshwater turtles and both resident and migratory
waterbirds. The greatest current threat is the extended trend of a drying
climate and the consequential change to the hydrology of the wetlands system.
This in turn leads to significant weed invasion, which is being addressed by
the Department of Environment and Conservation, the local government authority
and volunteer groups.
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