❓ The Forest Products Commission (FPC) and Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) identified and excluded old growth forest from harvest in five coupes. Public nominations led to reassessments and harvesting deferral in other coupes, including one where harvesting had already commenced.
AnsweredQoN 6177Legislative Council
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How many times in the last 12 months has the Forest Products Commission deferred logging operations after conducting an old growth audit (please provide full details regarding each occasion)?
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Answered
13 November 2012
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection representing the Minister for Forestry
Response time
28 days
Field inspection for the presence of unmapped old growth forest is a routine task which is undertaken in the pre harvest planning for all native forest harvest coupes. During the period 16 October 2011 to 16 October 2012 staff from the Forest Products Commission (FPC) in conjunction with the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) undertook field surveys to further map the extent of candidate old growth forest in nine proposed harvest coupes. Within five of these nine coupes old growth forest was identified and subsequently excluded from harvest. These coupes were:
- Meribup 10/1112
- Sutton 07/0912
- Nairn 0612
- Meribup 0612
- Morgan 0111
A further three coupes which had been surveyed for the presence of old growth forest prior to 16 October 2011 by FPC and DEC were then the subject of a public nomination for old growth to the Conservation Commission. These coupes were subsequently reassessed for the presence of old growth forest by staff from the Conservation Commission. The coupes concerned were:
- Warrup 0810
- Warrup 0211
- Meribup 0311
The public nomination process can lead to a requirement to defer harvesting operations, particularly if the public nomination occurs late in the coupe planning cycle. This occurred in the case of Meribup 0311 where harvesting had commenced and required relocating to allow the public nomination to be considered.
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- Meribup 10/1112
- Sutton 07/0912
- Nairn 0612
- Meribup 0612
- Morgan 0111
A further three coupes which had been surveyed for the presence of old growth forest prior to 16 October 2011 by FPC and DEC were then the subject of a public nomination for old growth to the Conservation Commission. These coupes were subsequently reassessed for the presence of old growth forest by staff from the Conservation Commission. The coupes concerned were:
- Warrup 0810
- Warrup 0211
- Meribup 0311
The public nomination process can lead to a requirement to defer harvesting operations, particularly if the public nomination occurs late in the coupe planning cycle. This occurred in the case of Meribup 0311 where harvesting had commenced and required relocating to allow the public nomination to be considered.
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