❓ Dr Edwards questions the Minister for the Environment regarding specific logging plans, locations, and estimated yields of jarrah and karri in the Swan and Central forest regions for 2000-2001 and 2001-2003, differentiating between regrowth and old-growth forests. The Minister provides some data and explains limitations.
AnsweredQoN 26Legislative Assembly
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26. Dr EDWARDS to the Minister for the Environment:
(1) Which blocks and sub-blocks will be logged in the Swan forest region in -
(a) 2000-01; and
(b) between 2001-2003?
(2) What are the estimated yields for both jarrah and karri logged from each block and sub-block in -
(a) 2000-01; and
(b) between 2001-2003?
(3) What are the estimated yields for both jarrah and karri logged from -
(a) regrowth forest; and
(b) old-growth forest,
in each block and sub-block in -
(i) 2000-01; and
(ii) between 2001-2003?
(4) Which blocks and sub-blocks will be logged in the Central forest region in-
(a) 2000-01; and
(b) between 2001-2003?
(5) What are the estimated yields for both jarrah and karri logged from each block and sub-block in -
(a) 2000-01; and
(b) between 2001-2003?
(6) What are the estimated yields for both jarrah and karri logged from -
(a) regrowth forest; and
(b) old-growth forest,
in each block and sub-block in -
(i) 2000-01; and
(ii) between 2001-2003?
(1) Which blocks and sub-blocks will be logged in the Swan forest region in -
(a) 2000-01; and
(b) between 2001-2003?
(2) What are the estimated yields for both jarrah and karri logged from each block and sub-block in -
(a) 2000-01; and
(b) between 2001-2003?
(3) What are the estimated yields for both jarrah and karri logged from -
(a) regrowth forest; and
(b) old-growth forest,
in each block and sub-block in -
(i) 2000-01; and
(ii) between 2001-2003?
(4) Which blocks and sub-blocks will be logged in the Central forest region in-
(a) 2000-01; and
(b) between 2001-2003?
(5) What are the estimated yields for both jarrah and karri logged from each block and sub-block in -
(a) 2000-01; and
(b) between 2001-2003?
(6) What are the estimated yields for both jarrah and karri logged from -
(a) regrowth forest; and
(b) old-growth forest,
in each block and sub-block in -
(i) 2000-01; and
(ii) between 2001-2003?
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Answered
16 November 2000
Response time
99 days
The Minister Replied:
(1) (a) and (2) (a)
Harvest planning activity will occur within the forest blocks and compartments in the Swan Region during 2000-01 listed in the tabled paper. Subsequent logging operations are likely to occur but in some instances may be deferred or amended as the routine coupe-level planning proceeds.
The anticipated quantities of log products that will be available to meet log supply targets from the areas included in the Swan Region logging plan for 2000-01 are also listed in the tabled paper. A portion of the volume shown will 'carry-over' into the subsequent year from those areas where logging operations commence late in the year. These estimates will also be progressively refined to accommodate variation in boundaries at the coupe plan level.
(1) (b) and (2) (b)
The staged development of logging plans for subsequent years will proceed as the logging planning processes for the 2000-01 plan are finalised.
(3) Detailed yield estimates by forest structural categories are not routinely prepared, as the silvicultural guidelines for jarrah do not vary on a forest structural basis, nor are the boundaries of harvesting operations constrained to those categories.
Natural karri forest does not occur in the Swan Region, so there are no areas scheduled for harvest during this period.
(4) (a) and (5) (a)
Harvest planning activity will occur within the forest blocks and compartments in the Central Forest Region during 2000-01 listed in the tabled paper. Subsequent logging operations are likely to occur but in some instances may be deferred or amended as the routine coupe-level planning proceeds.
The anticipated quantities of log products that will be available to meet log supply targets from the areas included in the Central Forest Region logging plan for 2000-01 are also listed in the tabled paper. A portion of the volume shown will 'carry-over' into the subsequent year from those areas where logging operations commence late in the year. These estimates will also be progressively refined to accommodate variation in boundaries at the coupe plan level.
(4) (b) and (5) (b)
The staged development of logging plans for subsequent years will proceed as the logging planning processes for the 2000-01 plan are finalised.
(6) Detailed yield estimates by forest structural categories are not routinely prepared, as the silvicultural guidelines for jarrah do not vary on a forest structural basis, nor are the boundaries of harvesting operations constrained to those categories.
There are no areas of karri forest scheduled for harvest in the Central Forest Region during 2000-01.
(1) (a) and (2) (a)
Harvest planning activity will occur within the forest blocks and compartments in the Swan Region during 2000-01 listed in the tabled paper. Subsequent logging operations are likely to occur but in some instances may be deferred or amended as the routine coupe-level planning proceeds.
The anticipated quantities of log products that will be available to meet log supply targets from the areas included in the Swan Region logging plan for 2000-01 are also listed in the tabled paper. A portion of the volume shown will 'carry-over' into the subsequent year from those areas where logging operations commence late in the year. These estimates will also be progressively refined to accommodate variation in boundaries at the coupe plan level.
(1) (b) and (2) (b)
The staged development of logging plans for subsequent years will proceed as the logging planning processes for the 2000-01 plan are finalised.
(3) Detailed yield estimates by forest structural categories are not routinely prepared, as the silvicultural guidelines for jarrah do not vary on a forest structural basis, nor are the boundaries of harvesting operations constrained to those categories.
Natural karri forest does not occur in the Swan Region, so there are no areas scheduled for harvest during this period.
(4) (a) and (5) (a)
Harvest planning activity will occur within the forest blocks and compartments in the Central Forest Region during 2000-01 listed in the tabled paper. Subsequent logging operations are likely to occur but in some instances may be deferred or amended as the routine coupe-level planning proceeds.
The anticipated quantities of log products that will be available to meet log supply targets from the areas included in the Central Forest Region logging plan for 2000-01 are also listed in the tabled paper. A portion of the volume shown will 'carry-over' into the subsequent year from those areas where logging operations commence late in the year. These estimates will also be progressively refined to accommodate variation in boundaries at the coupe plan level.
(4) (b) and (5) (b)
The staged development of logging plans for subsequent years will proceed as the logging planning processes for the 2000-01 plan are finalised.
(6) Detailed yield estimates by forest structural categories are not routinely prepared, as the silvicultural guidelines for jarrah do not vary on a forest structural basis, nor are the boundaries of harvesting operations constrained to those categories.
There are no areas of karri forest scheduled for harvest in the Central Forest Region during 2000-01.
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