TIMBER HARVEST PLAN
373. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the minister representing the
Minister for Forestry:
Hopefully there is a minister
representing the Minister for Regional Development representing the Minister
for Forestry—there is a parliamentary secretary!
I refer to question without notice 316
asked on 5 April 2022 and the answer that advised that the logged quantities
were produced by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
as a volume and to the document Statistics 2020–2021 published
by the Forest Products Commission that is currently available on the government
website that publishes data on log quantities in both tonnes and metric metres.
(1) From where are the logged
quantities in the Statistics 2020–2021 document sourced?
(2) Who prepares this document and
is it a part of the annual release of information?
(3) If there is a
database that produces quantities for this document in tonnes for the various
grades of logs, including sawlogs supplied to various customers, can the
minister please supply the quantity in tonnes of logs produced by each grade of
log for each customer for the past five calendar and financial years?
(4) If no to (3),
how can the FPC document be produced with the data requested in tonnes but the
same information not be available for the purpose of responding to the
question?
Hon DARREN
WEST replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. I reply on behalf of the minister. I note that
this answer was prepared on Wednesday, 6 April 2022, so the answer will be for
information as at that date.
(1) The delivered
log quantities for log grades that can contain both sawlog and other bole
volume in the Forest Products Commission's ''Statistics 2020–2021''
document are sourced from delivery information held by the Forest Products
Commission.
(2) It is prepared each year by FPC.
(3) As per the
answer provided to question without notice 280, the Forest management plan
2014–2023—FMP—recognises two types of log timber:
sawlog and other bole volume. The FMP yield of hardwood sawlogs and other bole
volume production available is measured and provided in cubic metres. The
Forest Products Commission when delivering log products that can contain a mix
of FMP sawlog and other bole volume uses tonnes for delivered product. The
Forest Products Commission publishes data on delivered product volume that can
contain both FMP sawlog and other bole volume.
(4) The
honourable member's question referred to only jarrah sawlog production
and is not the same as the delivered product
information provided in tonnes in the Forest Products Commission statistics
documents.