❓ A parliamentary question regarding the WA State Government's Kimberley Science and Conservation Strategy, seeking details on delivered elements, financial contributions from state and non-state agencies. The answer provides a detailed breakdown of progress and expenditure.
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I refer to the State Government’s $63 million Kimberley Science and Conservation Strategy and, as the Department of Premier and Cabinet is responsible for coordinating and driving whole-of-government delivery, I ask: (a) what specific elements of the Strategy have been delivered as at 1 June 2013; (b) which specific State Government agencies have contributed financially to the Strategy; (c) what has been the total financial contribution of each State Government agency involved in the Strategy as at 1 June 2013; and (d) has there been any financial contribution towards the Strategy from any non-State Government agency sources and if so, what is the name of the contributor and what amount has been contributed?
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Answered
6 August 2013
Responded by
Hon C.J. Barnett
Response time
56 days
Department of the Premier and Cabinet
(a) Elements of the Strategy have been delivered as at 1 June 2013-
· Gazettal of the Camden Sound Marine Park on 19 June 2012
· Gazettal of the Eighty Mile Beach Marine Park on 29 January 2013
· Creation of the 633 000 hectare Class A Prince Regent National Park.
· The release of Indicative Management Plans for the Camden Sound and Eighty Mile Beach Marine Parks.
· Partnering with Traditional Owners, pastoralists and non-government organisations to treat nearly 1 million hectares of conservation estate and unallocated crown land with prescribed burning and cull 8,258 feral herbivores as part of the Landscape Conservation Initiative.
· Engagement of sixty traditional owners from groups including Dambimangari, Wunambal, Gaambera, Wilinggin, Bunuba and Balanggarra in on country land management activities and training.
· Finalisation of a $2.15 million partnership agreement with the Australian Wildlife Conservancy to deliver conservation projects at the Artesian Range and Tableland pastoral lease.
· Commencement of the $12 million Kimberley Marine Research Program through the Western Australian Marine Science Institute.
· Completion of visitor facility upgrades at Tunnel Creek, Geikie Gorge and Purnululu National Parks.
· Commencement of road works and tourism infrastructure upgrades along Kalumburu Road.
· Release of 30,000 Barramundi fingerlings into Lake Kununurra under stage 1 of the Lake Kununurra Barramundi Restocking Program.
· Presenting State Government Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) proposals to nine Traditional Owner groups, seeking their consent for the creation of new conservation reserves, intertidal marine park areas, and long-term ranger programs.
· Commencement of ILUA negotiations and Joint Management Agreements (JMA) with Dambimangari Traditional Owners to establish Horizontal Falls and Lalang garram Camden Sound marine parks, Horizontal Falls National Park and a number of other new conservation reserves.
· Commencement of ILUA negotiations with the Karajarri, Ngarla and Nyungamarta groups along Eighty Mile Beach to establish joint management arrangements over the Marine Park.
· Commencement of funding for a Research Chair at the University of Western Australia's Centre for Rock Art Research.
(b-c) Financial contribution of each State Government agency involved in the Strategy up to 31 March 2013 (latest available information)-
State Government Agency
Expenditure
Department of Parks and Wildlife
$12,749,964
Department of Fisheries
$1,844,610
Department of Commerce
$5,767,050
Tourism WA
$992,314
Department of Aboriginal Affairs
$137,500
Department of Mines and Petroleum
$298,700
Department of the Premier and Cabinet
$184,290
(a)(d) Financial contribution towards the Strategy from non-State Government agency sources-
Other Agency
Expenditure
Department of Resources Energy and Tourism
$140,000
Australian Wildlife Conservancy (As of 28 Feb 2013)
$250,000
(a) Elements of the Strategy have been delivered as at 1 June 2013-
· Gazettal of the Camden Sound Marine Park on 19 June 2012
· Gazettal of the Eighty Mile Beach Marine Park on 29 January 2013
· Creation of the 633 000 hectare Class A Prince Regent National Park.
· The release of Indicative Management Plans for the Camden Sound and Eighty Mile Beach Marine Parks.
· Partnering with Traditional Owners, pastoralists and non-government organisations to treat nearly 1 million hectares of conservation estate and unallocated crown land with prescribed burning and cull 8,258 feral herbivores as part of the Landscape Conservation Initiative.
· Engagement of sixty traditional owners from groups including Dambimangari, Wunambal, Gaambera, Wilinggin, Bunuba and Balanggarra in on country land management activities and training.
· Finalisation of a $2.15 million partnership agreement with the Australian Wildlife Conservancy to deliver conservation projects at the Artesian Range and Tableland pastoral lease.
· Commencement of the $12 million Kimberley Marine Research Program through the Western Australian Marine Science Institute.
· Completion of visitor facility upgrades at Tunnel Creek, Geikie Gorge and Purnululu National Parks.
· Commencement of road works and tourism infrastructure upgrades along Kalumburu Road.
· Release of 30,000 Barramundi fingerlings into Lake Kununurra under stage 1 of the Lake Kununurra Barramundi Restocking Program.
· Presenting State Government Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) proposals to nine Traditional Owner groups, seeking their consent for the creation of new conservation reserves, intertidal marine park areas, and long-term ranger programs.
· Commencement of ILUA negotiations and Joint Management Agreements (JMA) with Dambimangari Traditional Owners to establish Horizontal Falls and Lalang garram Camden Sound marine parks, Horizontal Falls National Park and a number of other new conservation reserves.
· Commencement of ILUA negotiations with the Karajarri, Ngarla and Nyungamarta groups along Eighty Mile Beach to establish joint management arrangements over the Marine Park.
· Commencement of funding for a Research Chair at the University of Western Australia's Centre for Rock Art Research.
(b-c) Financial contribution of each State Government agency involved in the Strategy up to 31 March 2013 (latest available information)-
State Government Agency
Expenditure
Department of Parks and Wildlife
$12,749,964
Department of Fisheries
$1,844,610
Department of Commerce
$5,767,050
Tourism WA
$992,314
Department of Aboriginal Affairs
$137,500
Department of Mines and Petroleum
$298,700
Department of the Premier and Cabinet
$184,290
(a)(d) Financial contribution towards the Strategy from non-State Government agency sources-
Other Agency
Expenditure
Department of Resources Energy and Tourism
$140,000
Australian Wildlife Conservancy (As of 28 Feb 2013)
$250,000
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