A parliamentary question regarding the Minister's awareness and intentions to nominate Western Australian wetlands to the Ramsar List, following previous government promises. The Minister acknowledges the work and states the department is preparing documentation for consideration.

AnsweredQoN 2874Legislative Assembly
Asked
5 May 2010
Portfolio
Environment

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(1) Is the Minister aware that previous Governments have promised on several occasions to make further nominations of Western Australian wetlands to the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance?
(2) Is the Minister aware that a group of eight important Western Australian wetlands have been prepared for nomination over the past decade?
(3) Does the Minister intend to complete this nomination process; and
(a) if not, why not; and
(b) if yes, what is the proposed timeline for this work?

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Answered
15 June 2010
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Environment
Response time
41 days
(1) I understand that previous State governments have given undertakings to consider and prepare nominations for sites that meet the requirements for listing as Wetlands of International Importance.
(2) I am aware that work has been done on reviewing and preparing for Government consideration information on up to eight candidate sites that could be considered for nomination.
(3) The Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC), with input from the Wetlands Coordinating Committee, is preparing documentation on possible candidate sites and will forward completed reports to me for my consideration.
(3) (a) and (b) I will consider completed proposals when I receive them.
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