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❓ Dr. Pettitt requests detailed data on logging practices (selective logging, clear-felling, thinning) across different forest types for the 2023-24 financial year. The Minister provides data for the 2023 calendar year instead, citing unavailability of financial year data.

AnsweredQoN 10Legislative Council

Asked

8 April 2025

Member

Hon Dr Brad Pettitt

Portfolio

the Environment

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I refer to question on notice 2206, and I ask the Minister to provide the following information for the 2023-24 financial year: (a) the area of each of the following that was selectively logged: (i) jarrah forest; (ii) mixed jarrah/karri forest; (iii) jarrah/wandoo forest; and (iv) karri forest; (b) the area of each of the following that was clear-felled or partially cut: (i) jarrah forest; (ii) mixed jarrah/karri forest; (iii) jarrah/wandoo forest; and (iv) karri forest; and (c) the area of each of the following that was thinned: (i) jarrah forest; (ii) mixed jarrah/karri forest; (iii) jarrah/wandoo forest; and (iv) karri forest?

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Answered

20 May 2025

Responded by

Minister for the Environment

Response time

6 days

(a)-(c). The 2024 silviculture records are not yet available. The following areas are for the 2023 calendar year. All areas are in hectares.
Forest type
Silvicultural operations
Total
Selectively harvested
Clear-felled or partially cut 1
Thinned
Jarrah forest
670
2100
570
3340
Mixed jarrah/karri forest
-
-
140
140
Jarrah/wandoo forest
-
10
-
10
Karri forest
-
50
860
910
Total
670
2160
1570
4400
1 Includes areas that were cleared for mining or basic raw material.

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