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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 206 asked in the Legislative Council on 15 June 2017 by Hon Dr Steve Thomas

Parliament: 40 Session: 1


WESTERN AUSTRALIAN BIODIVERSITY AUDIT
      206. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the Minister for Environment:
I refer to the Department of Parks and Wildlife's second biodiversity audit—version II—which was an update of the first audit released in 2002.
(1) Has this audit been completed; and, if not, will the government have it completed?
(2) Will the audit database be made a public document, as the first audit report was?
(3) If no to (2), why not?
Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. The following information has been provided by the Department of Parks and Wildlife.
(1) Yes.
      (2) I am pleased to inform the house that the audit II database has been publicly available since September 2015 through the conservation science library or by visiting a Department of Parks and Wildlife office. Creating a database was the most effective way of making the large volume of information available, which is used by staff and the public to conserve the state's natural environment. I am advised that this format has resulted in the database being used to inform stakeholder groups in formulating their business. For example, in my electorate, the Rangelands NRM has used the database to produce the 2016 Pilbara conservation action plan.
(3) Not applicable.