{"id":4763,"date":"2023-04-13T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/?p=4763"},"modified":"2024-12-22T23:37:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T13:37:54","slug":"wa-government-favours-strip-mining-over-sustainable-forestry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wa-government-favours-strip-mining-over-sustainable-forestry\/","title":{"rendered":"WA Government Favours Strip-Mining Over Sustainable Forestry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Despite evidence to the contrary, the WA Minister for Forests Jacki Jarvis continues to argue that the state\u2019s timber industry had to close because it has run out of wood, a result of reduced growth rate due to climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She quoted reports from CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology as evidence. Neither of these organisations has any involvement in the determination of timber yield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In past management plans, specialist staff in the Department of Parks and Wildlife or its predecessors (now Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions) made estimates of sustainable yield allowing for contingencies such as wildfire, climate change or proposed tenure changes. The data and methodology used were then reviewed by a panel of independent experts before a recommendation was made to government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This did not happen for the new management plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"2UcHwQwMuVY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bauxite mining destroys ancient forests in Guinea\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2UcHwQwMuVY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Footage courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@MongabayTV\">@MongabayTV<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A freedom of information request asking what information had been provided to the government on the impact of climate change on timber yields produced no information relating to changes in growth rate or yield over time and no information at all relating to the karri resource.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Access to one-third of relevant documents were refused on the grounds that \u201cits disclosure would reveal any deliberation or decision made by an executive body\u201d, that is the public are not entitled to know what information the government uses to make its decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"Y4VsZxwigDI\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alcoa failed 20 year rehabilitation of Jarrah Forest Western Australia\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y4VsZxwigDI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The article draws attention to a long-term concern around the rehabitiation of the Jarrah forests. Footage courtesy of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@alcoaminingjarrahforest3725\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@alcoaminingjarrahforest3725<\/a><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So much for open government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Either DBCA wase told not to bother determining the yield for this management plan or the calculated yield did not suit the government\u2019s pre-determined decision to close the industry. There was no review by an independent panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The previous minister (Dave Kelly) maintained that all would be revealed in the new Management Plan and that there would be opportunity for further refinement. This was despite the fact that the biggest change to be made to forest management in last 170 years was the closure of the timber industry, it is not even mentioned until page 32 of the draft and without a single reason given for the decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am sure that the minister is aware that the decision to close the industry has nothing to do with growth rate or carbon stocks and everything to do with green ideology and city votes \u2026 all this while continuing to support the strip mining of the jarrah forest for bauxite at ever increasing rates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite evidence to the contrary, the WA Minister for Forests Jacki Jarvis continues to argue that the state\u2019s timber industry had to close because it has run out of wood, a result of reduced growth rate due to climate change. She quoted reports from CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology as evidence. 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