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Parliamentary Questions


Question On Notice No. 758 asked in the Legislative Council on 19 February 2014 by Hon Lynn Maclaren

Question Directed to the: Minister for Agriculture and Food representing the Minister for Forestry
Parliament: 39 Session: 1


Question

(1) Regarding thinning of regrowth karri, for the financial year 2012-13 , how many cubic metres of extracted logs were:
(a) karri; and
(b) other (please specify)?
(2) How much of the volume was:
(a) first and second grade karri sawlogs;
(b) other grade karri sawlogs (please specify);
(c) karri chip logs;
(d) first and second grade marri sawlogs;
(e) other grade marri sawlogs (please specify); and
(f) marri chip logs?
(3) What was the volume estimated to be available of:
(a) first and second grade karri sawlogs;
(b) other grade karri sawlogs; and
(c) karri chip logs?



Answered on 19 March 2014

1(a) 81 635 m3 delivered from thinning of younger even aged Karri regrowth. This figure does not include Karri logs delivered from operations involving a mixture of thinning and clearfelling from older stands.

(b) A very small amount of marri chiplog which is not separately recorded.

2(a) 553m3

(b) 11m3 of third grade sawlogs

(c) 81 071m3

(d)-(e) Nil

(f) A very small quantity of marri chiplog is included in the karri volume (refer answer to 2c) but is not separately recorded.

3(a)-(c) Silvicultural data for areas harvested is only captured as calendar year. Information for the 2013 calendar year should be available from Department of Parks and Wildlife.