❓ The parliamentary question seeks data on the expected recovery of first and second grade sawlogs from specified allowable cuts. The answer provides specific information for jarrah, karri, and marri, referencing the Forest Management Plan 2004-2013.
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(1) In cubic metres, what is the average amount of first and second grade sawlog that it is estimated will be recovered from the bole logs of each of the above specified allowable cuts?
(2) In tonnes, what is the average amount of first and second grade sawlog that it is estimated will be recovered from the bole logs of each of the above specified allowable cuts?
(2) In tonnes, what is the average amount of first and second grade sawlog that it is estimated will be recovered from the bole logs of each of the above specified allowable cuts?
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Answered
8 April 2008
Responded by
Minister for Forestry
Response time
28 days
(1-2) For jarrah and karri - zero. Table 3 of the Forest Management Plan 2004 - 2013 specifies the sustained yield of first and second grade sawlogs. Note that some of these are extracted and delivered in bole sawlog form. Table 4 specifies the availability of other bole logs that do not meet the specifications for those grades.
For marri, no such grade separation is feasible. Historical recovery of marri sawlogs has been 10,000 cubic metres (13,000 tonnes) per annum, and recovery of lower sawlog grades may increase to 20,000 cubic metres (25,000 tonnes) as technology and economic circumstances allow.
For clarity I provide definitions of the two terms used to qualify "other bole" logs and bole sawlogs.
(a) "other bole" means bole logs other than1st and 2nd grade sawlogs, that is, lower grade logs, table 4 in the Forest Management Plan.
(b) "bole sawlogs" means logs which contain 1st and 2nd grade material which has not been cut from the whole log but is provided intact to customers as part of their contract for bole sawlog material. The 1st and 2nd grade portions of these logs form part of the volumes specified in the FMP, table 3.
The Member may wish to refer to pages 33 and 34 of the FMP for further clarification.
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For marri, no such grade separation is feasible. Historical recovery of marri sawlogs has been 10,000 cubic metres (13,000 tonnes) per annum, and recovery of lower sawlog grades may increase to 20,000 cubic metres (25,000 tonnes) as technology and economic circumstances allow.
For clarity I provide definitions of the two terms used to qualify "other bole" logs and bole sawlogs.
(a) "other bole" means bole logs other than1st and 2nd grade sawlogs, that is, lower grade logs, table 4 in the Forest Management Plan.
(b) "bole sawlogs" means logs which contain 1st and 2nd grade material which has not been cut from the whole log but is provided intact to customers as part of their contract for bole sawlog material. The 1st and 2nd grade portions of these logs form part of the volumes specified in the FMP, table 3.
The Member may wish to refer to pages 33 and 34 of the FMP for further clarification.
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