FOREST PRODUCTS
COMMISSION — PINE PLANTATIONS
693. Hon DIANE EVERS to the minister representing the
Minister for Forestry:
(1) What are the
volumes and time frame of contracts that the Forest Products Commission has for
the supply of pine, in detail, for —
(a) Pinus
radiata;
(b) Pinus
pinaster; and
(c) other species
of pine?
(2) When the FPC harvests a pine
plantation, what criteria are used to determine —
(a) whether the area should be
replanted or not; and
(b) what species should be replanted?
(3) Please advise all species that
are considered for replanting harvested pine plantations for —
(a) softwood; and
(b) hardwood, if any?
(4) Do the
criteria referred to in (2) consider the proximity to built-up areas and their
growth—for example, the expansion and increasing density of Margaret
River towards the plantations north of the town—and, if not, why not?
Hon
ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:
I thank the member for the
question.
The answer to (1) is set out in
tabular form. I seek leave to have the response incorporated into Hansard.
Leave granted.
The following material was
incorporated —
|
No.
|
Start Date
|
Expiry Date
(Incl Extension Options)
|
Pine Species
|
Total Contracted Quantity
|
|
1.
|
1/08/2018
|
30/06/2023
|
Combination
of pinaster and radiata
|
30 000
t
|
|
2.
|
5/09/2019
|
30/06/2023
|
Combination
of pinaster and radiata
|
12
000 t
|
|
3.
|
30/07/2019
|
30/06/2024
|
Combination
of pinaster and radiata
|
20
000 t
|
|
4.
|
14/05/2019
|
30/06/2024
|
Combination
of pinaster and radiata
|
460
000 t
|
|
5.
|
1/07/2011
|
30/06/2021
|
Combination
of pinaster and radiata
|
300
000 t
|
|
6.
|
1/01/2000
|
31/12/2025
|
Prefer
radiata with some pinaster
|
8
250 000 m3
|
|
7.
|
1/08/2018
|
30/06/2023
|
Combination
of pinaster and radiata
|
37
500 t
|
|
8.
|
25/03/2020
|
31/12/2020
|
Combination
of pinaster and radiata
|
50
000 t
|
|
9.
|
4/10/2002
|
30/06/2054
|
Prefer
pinaster with some radiata
|
4
120 000 m3
|
|
10.
|
1/07/2008
|
30/06/2033
|
Prefer
radiata with some pinaster
|
10
450 000 m3
|
|
11.
|
1/02/2018
|
31/12/2022
|
Not Applicable
|
These contracts have no allocated quantity. They have been awarded as panel
arrangements to facilitate opportunistic sales of uncommitted resource.
|
|
12.
|
1/02/2018
|
31/12/2022
|
|
13.
|
7/06/2019
|
30/06/2022
|
|
14.
|
9/07/2019
|
30/06/2022
|
|
15.
|
13/02/2020
|
12/02/2021
|
|
16.
|
22/05/2019
|
30/06/2022
|
|
17.
|
28/08/2019
|
31/12/2022
|
|
18.
|
1/02/2018
|
31/12/2022
|
(2) (a) All areas
of state forest or state-owned freehold land are replanted with pine, except
where there has been a policy decision to not replant the area or there are
issues with productivity.
(b) Pinus
radiata is the preferred species. Pinus pinaster is planted on some
sites not considered suitable for Pinus radiata.
(3) (a) Pinus
radiata and Pinus pinaster. The Forest Products Commission is also
establishing a trial of Pinus canariensis in 2020 as a fire protection
buffer around pine plantations.
(b) Not applicable. All harvested
pine plantations are re-established to pine.
(4) Yes.