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Parliamentary Questions


Question On Notice No. 3410 asked in the Legislative Council on 5 November 2020 by Hon Diane Evers

Question Directed to the: Minister for Regional Development representing the Minister for Forestry
Parliament: 40 Session: 1
Tabled Paper No: 4696- View tabled paper


Question

(1) Will the Minister provide the following statistics, usually provided in Forest Products Commission’s (FPC) annual report:

(a) trends in the area of native forest harvested (hectares) from 1976-77 to 2019;
(b) area of coniferous (pine) plantations as at 31 December 2019 (hectares) pre-1970 to 2019
;
(c) area of broadleaved (eucalyptus/corymbia) plantations as at 31 December 2019 (hectares);
(d) area of sandalwood (spicatum/album) plantations as at 31 December 2019 (hectares);
(e) log production from Crown land and private property in 2019-2020:
(i) sawlog timber;
(ii) native forest sawlogs;
(iii) plantation softwood sawlogs and veneer logs;
(iv) other log material;
(v) native forests;
(vi) plantation hardwood; and
(vii) plantation softwood other;
(f) native forest sawlog production in 2019-2020, by species and grade;
(g) native forest other bole volume in 2019-2020, by species and product type; and
(h) sandalwood production by the FPC from Crown land (product type)?
(2) if no to (1)(a) to (h), why not?
Answered on 26 November 2020

(1) (a)-(h) This information is published in the Forest Products Commission’s Statistics 2019-20 report at www.wa.gov.au/government/publications/fpc-statistics-2019-20, which is tabled. See tabled paper no#.

(2) Not applicable.