❓ Hon Steve Martin asks about the status of 2024 contracts for firewood suppliers, sawmills, and other buyers under the new forest management plan. The Minister's response highlights the end of commercial logging and a focus on ecological thinning, with timber made available to local buyers as it becomes available.
AnsweredQoN 251Legislative Council
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FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN
251. Hon STEVE MARTIN to the Minister for Forestry:
I refer to the new forest management plan.
(1) Have contracts for 2024 been established for each of the
following —
(a) firewood suppliers;
(b) sawmills; and
(c) other buyers?
(2) If
contracts referred to in (1) have not been established, what is the expected
time line for completion?
251. Hon STEVE MARTIN to the Minister for Forestry:
I refer to the new forest management plan.
(1) Have contracts for 2024 been established for each of the
following —
(a) firewood suppliers;
(b) sawmills; and
(c) other buyers?
(2) If
contracts referred to in (1) have not been established, what is the expected
time line for completion?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice of the question. I am
answering this on behalf of the Minister for Forestry.
(1)–(2)
The Cook government has now ended commercial logging of WA's iconic and
unique jarrah and karri forests—a policy the opposition wishes to
reverse. The new forest management plan commenced on 1 January 2024 and focuses
on ecological thinning for forest health, not commercial timber production. Any
timber resource recovered from ecological thinning activities will be made
available to local buyers as it becomes available. The Forest Products
Commission continues to work with potential customers to enter into contracts.
answering this on behalf of the Minister for Forestry.
(1)–(2)
The Cook government has now ended commercial logging of WA's iconic and
unique jarrah and karri forests—a policy the opposition wishes to
reverse. The new forest management plan commenced on 1 January 2024 and focuses
on ecological thinning for forest health, not commercial timber production. Any
timber resource recovered from ecological thinning activities will be made
available to local buyers as it becomes available. The Forest Products
Commission continues to work with potential customers to enter into contracts.
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