❓ A parliamentary question seeks clarification on the definitions of 'wetland,' 'defined wetland,' and 'riparian zone' under the Environmental Protection Amendment Act 2003 and associated regulations. The response clarifies the distinctions and refers to specific mapping resources.
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I refer to the Environmental Protection Amendment Act 2003 and ask - (1) What is the difference between a wetland and a defined wetland? (2) What does the minister consider to be riparian zone? Hon TOM STEPHENS
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The minister has provided the following response - (1) Under the Environmental Protection Amendment Act 2003, a wetland is an area of seasonally, intermittently or permanently waterlogged or inundated land - Hon Ken Travers: As defined within the Act. Hon TOM STEPHENS: - whether natural or otherwise, and includes a lake, swamp, marsh, spring, damp land, tidal flat or estuary. Two classes of wetlands are defined as environmentally sensitive areas in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2003 - (a) “Conservation category wetland” means a wetland designated as a conservation category wetland in the geomorphic wetland maps held by and available from the Water and Rivers Commission; and (b) “Defined wetland” means a wetland mapped in - (i) Pen, L. “A Systematic Overview of Environmental Values of the Wetlands, Rivers and Estuaries of the Busselton-Walpole Region”, 1997, published by the Water and Rivers Commission, Perth; or (ii) V&C Semeniuk Research Group “Mapping and Classification of Wetlands from Augusta to Walpole in the South West of Western Australia”, 1997, published by the Waters and Rivers Commission, Perth. The difference between a wetland and a defined wetland is that, for wetlands that are included within environmentally sensitive areas, the exemptions in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2003 do not apply. (2) Riparian vegetation is defined in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation )Regulations 2003 as the distinctive vegetation associated with a wetland or watercourse. The riparian zone is that area in which riparian vegetation is found. If the member is asking what is the difference between vincible and invincible ignorance, I am sure that Hon Ken Travers can help her out.
(1) What is the difference between a wetland and a defined wetland? (2) What does the minister consider to be riparian zone? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: The minister has provided the following response - (1) Under the Environmental Protection Amendment Act 2003, a wetland is an area of seasonally, intermittently or permanently waterlogged or inundated land - Hon Ken Travers: As defined within the Act. Hon TOM STEPHENS: - whether natural or otherwise, and includes a lake, swamp, marsh, spring, damp land, tidal flat or estuary. Two classes of wetlands are defined as environmentally sensitive areas in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2003 - (a) “Conservation category wetland” means a wetland designated as a conservation category wetland in the geomorphic wetland maps held by and available from the Water and Rivers Commission; and (b) “Defined wetland” means a wetland mapped in - (i) Pen, L. “A Systematic Overview of Environmental Values of the Wetlands, Rivers and Estuaries of the Busselton-Walpole Region”, 1997, published by the Water and Rivers Commission, Perth; or (ii) V&C Semeniuk Research Group “Mapping and Classification of Wetlands from Augusta to Walpole in the South West of Western Australia”, 1997, published by the Waters and Rivers Commission, Perth. The difference between a wetland and a defined wetland is that, for wetlands that are included within environmentally sensitive areas, the exemptions in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2003 do not apply. (2) Riparian vegetation is defined in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation )Regulations 2003 as the distinctive vegetation associated with a wetland or watercourse. The riparian zone is that area in which riparian vegetation is found. If the member is asking what is the difference between vincible and invincible ignorance, I am sure that Hon Ken Travers can help her out.
(2) What does the minister consider to be riparian zone? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: The minister has provided the following response - (1) Under the Environmental Protection Amendment Act 2003, a wetland is an area of seasonally, intermittently or permanently waterlogged or inundated land - Hon Ken Travers: As defined within the Act. Hon TOM STEPHENS: - whether natural or otherwise, and includes a lake, swamp, marsh, spring, damp land, tidal flat or estuary. Two classes of wetlands are defined as environmentally sensitive areas in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2003 - (a) “Conservation category wetland” means a wetland designated as a conservation category wetland in the geomorphic wetland maps held by and available from the Water and Rivers Commission; and (b) “Defined wetland” means a wetland mapped in - (i) Pen, L. “A Systematic Overview of Environmental Values of the Wetlands, Rivers and Estuaries of the Busselton-Walpole Region”, 1997, published by the Water and Rivers Commission, Perth; or (ii) V&C Semeniuk Research Group “Mapping and Classification of Wetlands from Augusta to Walpole in the South West of Western Australia”, 1997, published by the Waters and Rivers Commission, Perth. The difference between a wetland and a defined wetland is that, for wetlands that are included within environmentally sensitive areas, the exemptions in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2003 do not apply. (2) Riparian vegetation is defined in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation )Regulations 2003 as the distinctive vegetation associated with a wetland or watercourse. The riparian zone is that area in which riparian vegetation is found. If the member is asking what is the difference between vincible and invincible ignorance, I am sure that Hon Ken Travers can help her out.
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: The minister has provided the following response - (1) Under the Environmental Protection Amendment Act 2003, a wetland is an area of seasonally, intermittently or permanently waterlogged or inundated land - Hon Ken Travers: As defined within the Act. Hon TOM STEPHENS: - whether natural or otherwise, and includes a lake, swamp, marsh, spring, damp land, tidal flat or estuary. Two classes of wetlands are defined as environmentally sensitive areas in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2003 - (a) “Conservation category wetland” means a wetland designated as a conservation category wetland in the geomorphic wetland maps held by and available from the Water and Rivers Commission; and (b) “Defined wetland” means a wetland mapped in - (i) Pen, L. “A Systematic Overview of Environmental Values of the Wetlands, Rivers and Estuaries of the Busselton-Walpole Region”, 1997, published by the Water and Rivers Commission, Perth; or (ii) V&C Semeniuk Research Group “Mapping and Classification of Wetlands from Augusta to Walpole in the South West of Western Australia”, 1997, published by the Waters and Rivers Commission, Perth. The difference between a wetland and a defined wetland is that, for wetlands that are included within environmentally sensitive areas, the exemptions in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2003 do not apply. (2) Riparian vegetation is defined in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation )Regulations 2003 as the distinctive vegetation associated with a wetland or watercourse. The riparian zone is that area in which riparian vegetation is found. If the member is asking what is the difference between vincible and invincible ignorance, I am sure that Hon Ken Travers can help her out.
The minister has provided the following response - (1) Under the Environmental Protection Amendment Act 2003, a wetland is an area of seasonally, intermittently or permanently waterlogged or inundated land - Hon Ken Travers: As defined within the Act. Hon TOM STEPHENS: - whether natural or otherwise, and includes a lake, swamp, marsh, spring, damp land, tidal flat or estuary. Two classes of wetlands are defined as environmentally sensitive areas in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2003 - (a) “Conservation category wetland” means a wetland designated as a conservation category wetland in the geomorphic wetland maps held by and available from the Water and Rivers Commission; and (b) “Defined wetland” means a wetland mapped in - (i) Pen, L. “A Systematic Overview of Environmental Values of the Wetlands, Rivers and Estuaries of the Busselton-Walpole Region”, 1997, published by the Water and Rivers Commission, Perth; or (ii) V&C Semeniuk Research Group “Mapping and Classification of Wetlands from Augusta to Walpole in the South West of Western Australia”, 1997, published by the Waters and Rivers Commission, Perth. The difference between a wetland and a defined wetland is that, for wetlands that are included within environmentally sensitive areas, the exemptions in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2003 do not apply. (2) Riparian vegetation is defined in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation )Regulations 2003 as the distinctive vegetation associated with a wetland or watercourse. The riparian zone is that area in which riparian vegetation is found. If the member is asking what is the difference between vincible and invincible ignorance, I am sure that Hon Ken Travers can help her out.
(1) Under the Environmental Protection Amendment Act 2003, a wetland is an area of seasonally, intermittently or permanently waterlogged or inundated land - Hon Ken Travers: As defined within the Act. Hon TOM STEPHENS: - whether natural or otherwise, and includes a lake, swamp, marsh, spring, damp land, tidal flat or estuary. Two classes of wetlands are defined as environmentally sensitive areas in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2003 - (a) “Conservation category wetland” means a wetland designated as a conservation category wetland in the geomorphic wetland maps held by and available from the Water and Rivers Commission; and (b) “Defined wetland” means a wetland mapped in - (i) Pen, L. “A Systematic Overview of Environmental Values of the Wetlands, Rivers and Estuaries of the Busselton-Walpole Region”, 1997, published by the Water and Rivers Commission, Perth; or (ii) V&C Semeniuk Research Group “Mapping and Classification of Wetlands from Augusta to Walpole in the South West of Western Australia”, 1997, published by the Waters and Rivers Commission, Perth. The difference between a wetland and a defined wetland is that, for wetlands that are included within environmentally sensitive areas, the exemptions in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2003 do not apply. (2) Riparian vegetation is defined in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation )Regulations 2003 as the distinctive vegetation associated with a wetland or watercourse. The riparian zone is that area in which riparian vegetation is found. If the member is asking what is the difference between vincible and invincible ignorance, I am sure that Hon Ken Travers can help her out.
Hon Ken Travers: As defined within the Act. Hon TOM STEPHENS: - whether natural or otherwise, and includes a lake, swamp, marsh, spring, damp land, tidal flat or estuary. Two classes of wetlands are defined as environmentally sensitive areas in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2003 - (a) “Conservation category wetland” means a wetland designated as a conservation category wetland in the geomorphic wetland maps held by and available from the Water and Rivers Commission; and (b) “Defined wetland” means a wetland mapped in - (i) Pen, L. “A Systematic Overview of Environmental Values of the Wetlands, Rivers and Estuaries of the Busselton-Walpole Region”, 1997, published by the Water and Rivers Commission, Perth; or (ii) V&C Semeniuk Research Group “Mapping and Classification of Wetlands from Augusta to Walpole in the South West of Western Australia”, 1997, published by the Waters and Rivers Commission, Perth. The difference between a wetland and a defined wetland is that, for wetlands that are included within environmentally sensitive areas, the exemptions in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2003 do not apply. (2) Riparian vegetation is defined in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation )Regulations 2003 as the distinctive vegetation associated with a wetland or watercourse. The riparian zone is that area in which riparian vegetation is found. If the member is asking what is the difference between vincible and invincible ignorance, I am sure that Hon Ken Travers can help her out.
Hon TOM STEPHENS: - whether natural or otherwise, and includes a lake, swamp, marsh, spring, damp land, tidal flat or estuary. Two classes of wetlands are defined as environmentally sensitive areas in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2003 - (a) “Conservation category wetland” means a wetland designated as a conservation category wetland in the geomorphic wetland maps held by and available from the Water and Rivers Commission; and (b) “Defined wetland” means a wetland mapped in - (i) Pen, L. “A Systematic Overview of Environmental Values of the Wetlands, Rivers and Estuaries of the Busselton-Walpole Region”, 1997, published by the Water and Rivers Commission, Perth; or (ii) V&C Semeniuk Research Group “Mapping and Classification of Wetlands from Augusta to Walpole in the South West of Western Australia”, 1997, published by the Waters and Rivers Commission, Perth. The difference between a wetland and a defined wetland is that, for wetlands that are included within environmentally sensitive areas, the exemptions in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2003 do not apply. (2) Riparian vegetation is defined in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation )Regulations 2003 as the distinctive vegetation associated with a wetland or watercourse. The riparian zone is that area in which riparian vegetation is found. If the member is asking what is the difference between vincible and invincible ignorance, I am sure that Hon Ken Travers can help her out.
(b) “Defined wetland” means a wetland mapped in - (i) Pen, L. “A Systematic Overview of Environmental Values of the Wetlands, Rivers and Estuaries of the Busselton-Walpole Region”, 1997, published by the Water and Rivers Commission, Perth; or (ii) V&C Semeniuk Research Group “Mapping and Classification of Wetlands from Augusta to Walpole in the South West of Western Australia”, 1997, published by the Waters and Rivers Commission, Perth. The difference between a wetland and a defined wetland is that, for wetlands that are included within environmentally sensitive areas, the exemptions in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2003 do not apply.
(ii) V&C Semeniuk Research Group “Mapping and Classification of Wetlands from Augusta to Walpole in the South West of Western Australia”, 1997, published by the Waters and Rivers Commission, Perth.
If the member is asking what is the difference between vincible and invincible ignorance, I am sure that Hon Ken Travers can help her out.
(1) What is the difference between a wetland and a defined wetland? (2) What does the minister consider to be riparian zone? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: The minister has provided the following response - (1) Under the Environmental Protection Amendment Act 2003, a wetland is an area of seasonally, intermittently or permanently waterlogged or inundated land - Hon Ken Travers: As defined within the Act. Hon TOM STEPHENS: - whether natural or otherwise, and includes a lake, swamp, marsh, spring, damp land, tidal flat or estuary. Two classes of wetlands are defined as environmentally sensitive areas in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2003 - (a) “Conservation category wetland” means a wetland designated as a conservation category wetland in the geomorphic wetland maps held by and available from the Water and Rivers Commission; and (b) “Defined wetland” means a wetland mapped in - (i) Pen, L. “A Systematic Overview of Environmental Values of the Wetlands, Rivers and Estuaries of the Busselton-Walpole Region”, 1997, published by the Water and Rivers Commission, Perth; or (ii) V&C Semeniuk Research Group “Mapping and Classification of Wetlands from Augusta to Walpole in the South West of Western Australia”, 1997, published by the Waters and Rivers Commission, Perth. The difference between a wetland and a defined wetland is that, for wetlands that are included within environmentally sensitive areas, the exemptions in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2003 do not apply. (2) Riparian vegetation is defined in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation )Regulations 2003 as the distinctive vegetation associated with a wetland or watercourse. The riparian zone is that area in which riparian vegetation is found. If the member is asking what is the difference between vincible and invincible ignorance, I am sure that Hon Ken Travers can help her out.
(2) What does the minister consider to be riparian zone? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: The minister has provided the following response - (1) Under the Environmental Protection Amendment Act 2003, a wetland is an area of seasonally, intermittently or permanently waterlogged or inundated land - Hon Ken Travers: As defined within the Act. Hon TOM STEPHENS: - whether natural or otherwise, and includes a lake, swamp, marsh, spring, damp land, tidal flat or estuary. Two classes of wetlands are defined as environmentally sensitive areas in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2003 - (a) “Conservation category wetland” means a wetland designated as a conservation category wetland in the geomorphic wetland maps held by and available from the Water and Rivers Commission; and (b) “Defined wetland” means a wetland mapped in - (i) Pen, L. “A Systematic Overview of Environmental Values of the Wetlands, Rivers and Estuaries of the Busselton-Walpole Region”, 1997, published by the Water and Rivers Commission, Perth; or (ii) V&C Semeniuk Research Group “Mapping and Classification of Wetlands from Augusta to Walpole in the South West of Western Australia”, 1997, published by the Waters and Rivers Commission, Perth. The difference between a wetland and a defined wetland is that, for wetlands that are included within environmentally sensitive areas, the exemptions in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2003 do not apply. (2) Riparian vegetation is defined in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation )Regulations 2003 as the distinctive vegetation associated with a wetland or watercourse. The riparian zone is that area in which riparian vegetation is found. If the member is asking what is the difference between vincible and invincible ignorance, I am sure that Hon Ken Travers can help her out.
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: The minister has provided the following response - (1) Under the Environmental Protection Amendment Act 2003, a wetland is an area of seasonally, intermittently or permanently waterlogged or inundated land - Hon Ken Travers: As defined within the Act. Hon TOM STEPHENS: - whether natural or otherwise, and includes a lake, swamp, marsh, spring, damp land, tidal flat or estuary. Two classes of wetlands are defined as environmentally sensitive areas in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2003 - (a) “Conservation category wetland” means a wetland designated as a conservation category wetland in the geomorphic wetland maps held by and available from the Water and Rivers Commission; and (b) “Defined wetland” means a wetland mapped in - (i) Pen, L. “A Systematic Overview of Environmental Values of the Wetlands, Rivers and Estuaries of the Busselton-Walpole Region”, 1997, published by the Water and Rivers Commission, Perth; or (ii) V&C Semeniuk Research Group “Mapping and Classification of Wetlands from Augusta to Walpole in the South West of Western Australia”, 1997, published by the Waters and Rivers Commission, Perth. The difference between a wetland and a defined wetland is that, for wetlands that are included within environmentally sensitive areas, the exemptions in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2003 do not apply. (2) Riparian vegetation is defined in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation )Regulations 2003 as the distinctive vegetation associated with a wetland or watercourse. The riparian zone is that area in which riparian vegetation is found. If the member is asking what is the difference between vincible and invincible ignorance, I am sure that Hon Ken Travers can help her out.
The minister has provided the following response - (1) Under the Environmental Protection Amendment Act 2003, a wetland is an area of seasonally, intermittently or permanently waterlogged or inundated land - Hon Ken Travers: As defined within the Act. Hon TOM STEPHENS: - whether natural or otherwise, and includes a lake, swamp, marsh, spring, damp land, tidal flat or estuary. Two classes of wetlands are defined as environmentally sensitive areas in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2003 - (a) “Conservation category wetland” means a wetland designated as a conservation category wetland in the geomorphic wetland maps held by and available from the Water and Rivers Commission; and (b) “Defined wetland” means a wetland mapped in - (i) Pen, L. “A Systematic Overview of Environmental Values of the Wetlands, Rivers and Estuaries of the Busselton-Walpole Region”, 1997, published by the Water and Rivers Commission, Perth; or (ii) V&C Semeniuk Research Group “Mapping and Classification of Wetlands from Augusta to Walpole in the South West of Western Australia”, 1997, published by the Waters and Rivers Commission, Perth. The difference between a wetland and a defined wetland is that, for wetlands that are included within environmentally sensitive areas, the exemptions in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2003 do not apply. (2) Riparian vegetation is defined in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation )Regulations 2003 as the distinctive vegetation associated with a wetland or watercourse. The riparian zone is that area in which riparian vegetation is found. If the member is asking what is the difference between vincible and invincible ignorance, I am sure that Hon Ken Travers can help her out.
(1) Under the Environmental Protection Amendment Act 2003, a wetland is an area of seasonally, intermittently or permanently waterlogged or inundated land - Hon Ken Travers: As defined within the Act. Hon TOM STEPHENS: - whether natural or otherwise, and includes a lake, swamp, marsh, spring, damp land, tidal flat or estuary. Two classes of wetlands are defined as environmentally sensitive areas in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2003 - (a) “Conservation category wetland” means a wetland designated as a conservation category wetland in the geomorphic wetland maps held by and available from the Water and Rivers Commission; and (b) “Defined wetland” means a wetland mapped in - (i) Pen, L. “A Systematic Overview of Environmental Values of the Wetlands, Rivers and Estuaries of the Busselton-Walpole Region”, 1997, published by the Water and Rivers Commission, Perth; or (ii) V&C Semeniuk Research Group “Mapping and Classification of Wetlands from Augusta to Walpole in the South West of Western Australia”, 1997, published by the Waters and Rivers Commission, Perth. The difference between a wetland and a defined wetland is that, for wetlands that are included within environmentally sensitive areas, the exemptions in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2003 do not apply. (2) Riparian vegetation is defined in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation )Regulations 2003 as the distinctive vegetation associated with a wetland or watercourse. The riparian zone is that area in which riparian vegetation is found. If the member is asking what is the difference between vincible and invincible ignorance, I am sure that Hon Ken Travers can help her out.
Hon Ken Travers: As defined within the Act. Hon TOM STEPHENS: - whether natural or otherwise, and includes a lake, swamp, marsh, spring, damp land, tidal flat or estuary. Two classes of wetlands are defined as environmentally sensitive areas in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2003 - (a) “Conservation category wetland” means a wetland designated as a conservation category wetland in the geomorphic wetland maps held by and available from the Water and Rivers Commission; and (b) “Defined wetland” means a wetland mapped in - (i) Pen, L. “A Systematic Overview of Environmental Values of the Wetlands, Rivers and Estuaries of the Busselton-Walpole Region”, 1997, published by the Water and Rivers Commission, Perth; or (ii) V&C Semeniuk Research Group “Mapping and Classification of Wetlands from Augusta to Walpole in the South West of Western Australia”, 1997, published by the Waters and Rivers Commission, Perth. The difference between a wetland and a defined wetland is that, for wetlands that are included within environmentally sensitive areas, the exemptions in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2003 do not apply. (2) Riparian vegetation is defined in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation )Regulations 2003 as the distinctive vegetation associated with a wetland or watercourse. The riparian zone is that area in which riparian vegetation is found. If the member is asking what is the difference between vincible and invincible ignorance, I am sure that Hon Ken Travers can help her out.
Hon TOM STEPHENS: - whether natural or otherwise, and includes a lake, swamp, marsh, spring, damp land, tidal flat or estuary. Two classes of wetlands are defined as environmentally sensitive areas in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2003 - (a) “Conservation category wetland” means a wetland designated as a conservation category wetland in the geomorphic wetland maps held by and available from the Water and Rivers Commission; and (b) “Defined wetland” means a wetland mapped in - (i) Pen, L. “A Systematic Overview of Environmental Values of the Wetlands, Rivers and Estuaries of the Busselton-Walpole Region”, 1997, published by the Water and Rivers Commission, Perth; or (ii) V&C Semeniuk Research Group “Mapping and Classification of Wetlands from Augusta to Walpole in the South West of Western Australia”, 1997, published by the Waters and Rivers Commission, Perth. The difference between a wetland and a defined wetland is that, for wetlands that are included within environmentally sensitive areas, the exemptions in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2003 do not apply. (2) Riparian vegetation is defined in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation )Regulations 2003 as the distinctive vegetation associated with a wetland or watercourse. The riparian zone is that area in which riparian vegetation is found. If the member is asking what is the difference between vincible and invincible ignorance, I am sure that Hon Ken Travers can help her out.
(b) “Defined wetland” means a wetland mapped in - (i) Pen, L. “A Systematic Overview of Environmental Values of the Wetlands, Rivers and Estuaries of the Busselton-Walpole Region”, 1997, published by the Water and Rivers Commission, Perth; or (ii) V&C Semeniuk Research Group “Mapping and Classification of Wetlands from Augusta to Walpole in the South West of Western Australia”, 1997, published by the Waters and Rivers Commission, Perth. The difference between a wetland and a defined wetland is that, for wetlands that are included within environmentally sensitive areas, the exemptions in the draft Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2003 do not apply.
(ii) V&C Semeniuk Research Group “Mapping and Classification of Wetlands from Augusta to Walpole in the South West of Western Australia”, 1997, published by the Waters and Rivers Commission, Perth.
If the member is asking what is the difference between vincible and invincible ignorance, I am sure that Hon Ken Travers can help her out.
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