❓ The WA parliamentary question seeks clarification from the Minister for the Environment and Heritage regarding the Labor Government's definition of 'old growth forest'. The answer provides the NFPS and JANIS definitions.
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Will the Minister provide details of the Labor Government’s definition of an old growth forest?
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Answered
19 February 2002
Responded by
Minister for the Environment and Heritage
Response time
77 days
The NFPS definition of old-growth is: Forest that is ecologically mature and has been subject to negligible unnatural disturbance such as logging, roading and clearing. The definition focuses on forest in which the upper stratum or overstorey is in the late mature to over mature growth phases. The Government's 'Protecting our old-growth forests' policy is based on the JANIS interpretation of the definition: Old-growth forest is ecologically mature forest where the effects of disturbance are now negligible.
Forest that is ecologically mature and has been subject to negligible unnatural disturbance such as logging, roading and clearing. The definition focuses on forest in which the upper stratum or overstorey is in the late mature to over mature growth phases. The Government's 'Protecting our old-growth forests' policy is based on the JANIS interpretation of the definition: Old-growth forest is ecologically mature forest where the effects of disturbance are now negligible.
The Government's 'Protecting our old-growth forests' policy is based on the JANIS interpretation of the definition: Old-growth forest is ecologically mature forest where the effects of disturbance are now negligible.
Old-growth forest is ecologically mature forest where the effects of disturbance are now negligible.
Forest that is ecologically mature and has been subject to negligible unnatural disturbance such as logging, roading and clearing. The definition focuses on forest in which the upper stratum or overstorey is in the late mature to over mature growth phases. The Government's 'Protecting our old-growth forests' policy is based on the JANIS interpretation of the definition: Old-growth forest is ecologically mature forest where the effects of disturbance are now negligible.
The Government's 'Protecting our old-growth forests' policy is based on the JANIS interpretation of the definition: Old-growth forest is ecologically mature forest where the effects of disturbance are now negligible.
Old-growth forest is ecologically mature forest where the effects of disturbance are now negligible.
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