CRITICALLY ENDANGERED AND
ENDANGERED SPECIES — RECOVERY PLANS
1270. Hon ALISON XAMON to the Minister for Environment:
I refer to the outcomes and key
effectiveness indicators for the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions listed on page 676 of the Western Australia
State Budget 2020–21. Why has the budget target percentage
of recovery plans for critically endangered and endangered taxa and ecological
communities been reduced?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
The budget allocation remains
consistent and the adjustment to the key effectiveness indicator reflects the
mathematical reality of an increase in the number of species and ecological
communities anticipated to be listed as critically endangered and endangered in
2020–21 relative to the number of recovery plans that can be prepared
within existing budget parameters.