Question On Notice No. 490 asked in the Legislative Council on 1 November 2017 by Hon Diane Evers
Question Directed to the: Minister for Environment
Parliament: 40 Session: 1
Tabled Paper No: 1003-
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Question
(1) Will the Minister please table all old growth forest assessments conducted by the Department of Conservation, Biodiversity and Attractions, formerly known as the Department of Parks and Wildlife, including the assessments conducted on the Warrup, Helms and Merribup coupes?
(2) If no to (1), why not?
Answered on 7 December 2017
(1) The Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) completed assessments of the old-growth forest status in areas within the Lewin and Barrabup forest blocks. The assessment reports are publicly available on the DBCA website [See Tabled Paper no. #].
The then Department of Parks and Wildlife carried out assessments of old-growth forest status in the following forest coupes and areas: Arcadia 01, Big Brook 01, Big Brook 02 (two assessments), Bowelling 03, Brockman 02, Brockman 09/Collins 06, Channybearup 02, Collins 09/10, Dordagup 05, Ellis Creek 05, George 04, Gordon 04, Gordon 02, Gray 06, Kinkin 05, Lewin 03, Lewin 05/06, Lewin 08, Lindsay 26/34/35/36, Mattaband 09, Mattaband 11, Mattaband/Wattle, McCorkhill 01, McCorkhill 03, Meribup 02, Mooralup 02, Mowen 02, Munro 04, Nalyerin 02, Palmer 07, Saddleback 01/02, Thornton 04, Tone 04, Trees 04, Wye and Yeticup 05.
Old-growth forest assessments for coupes in Boorara 14, Northcliffe 03, Warrup 02/08, Helms 02 and Meribup 03 coupes were carried out by the Conservation and Parks Commission. The assessment reports are publicly available on the Conservation and Parks Commission website [See Tabled Paper no. #].
A map depicting changes to the extent of old-growth forest in the south-west arising from these assessments and data updates is published annually. The current map shows the extent of changes between December 2015 to December 2016 [See Tabled Paper no. #].
(2) As the assessment reports can be lengthy documents, I would be pleased to arrange for the Honourable Member to receive the reports for areas of particular interest.