The WA government moves to end logging in native forests by investing in softwood timber plantations, saying it will save hundreds of thousands of hectares otherwise at risk of being felled.
The WA government has moved to end logging in native forests by investing in softwood timber plantations, a plan Premier Mark McGowan says will save around 400,00 hectares that would otherwise have been at risk of being felled.New softwood estates, mainly pine, will ensure timber supplies and save jobsIn a pre-budget announcement, Mr McGowan said the government would spend $350 million on softwood plantations across the state's south-west to preserve karri, jarrah and wandoo forests.
"By saving 400,000 hectares of forests from logging, that is 1,000 times Kings Parks that would have been logged that now will be preserved for future generations," Mr McGowan said. He said the money would be forthcoming over the next 10 years, creating around 140 jobs and preserving around another 2,000.Mr McGowan said it would be the biggest-ever single investment in softwood plantations.It would see an additional 33,000 hectares of softwood timber plantation, with up to 50 million pine trees planted, sequestering between 7.9 and 9.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.
Timber taken from native forests will be limited to specific forest management and mining-related activities.
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