Ms O’CONNOR question to MINISTER for PARKS, Mr DUIGAN
In budget paper 2, volume 1, at page 199 in the performance indicators, it talks about the proportion of Tasmanian land reserved. These are lands protected either by legislation or by conservation reserves under covenant or heritage regimens. The projection is that 50.4 per cent of Tasmania is reserved in some tenure or another at present and that the target is for there to be 50.4 per cent of Tasmania reserved.
Can you confirm that the government has walked away from plans to access the future reserve forests, which were named the future potential production forests when your predecessors first came into office in 2014, given that FPPF lands are calculated as part of Tasmania’s reserve estate.
ANSWER
Mr President, I point the member to minister Abetz, as that is in the forest policy area.
