Fix the FMP: Forests for Life, not for firewood and woodchips.

Our unique South West forests are being mismanaged with major negative impacts.

The State Government is currently reviewing logging and burning practices under the 10 year Forest Management Plan (FMP).

The FMP was written under the Barnett Government, and it ignored scientific advice and community concerns, and set logging levels far too high. It also allows for clear-felling and intensive logging of ancient karri and jarrah forests.

The draft review, which has been released for public comment, offers a real opportunity to correct the problems left by the Barnett Government, and get forest and wildlife protection back on track.

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Our unique South West forests are being mismanaged with major negative impacts.

The State Government is currently reviewing logging and burning practices under the 10 year Forest Management Plan (FMP).

The FMP was written under the Barnett Government, and it ignored scientific advice and community concerns, and set logging levels far too high. It also allows for clear-felling and intensive logging of ancient karri and jarrah forests.

The draft review, which has been released for public comment, offers a real opportunity to correct the problems left by the Barnett Government, and get forest and wildlife protection back on track.

So far, the draft review is just a rubber stamp for increased logging at the expense of forests and wildlife.

Carbon dating has shown that logs from trees between 400 and 600 years old are being trucked directly to woodchip and firewood processing plants.

Rare and critically important nesting hollows that only form in very old trees are being destroyed, threatening Black Cockatoos and other wildlife with extinction.

We need to tell the McGowan Government to make forests and wildlife a priority.

Please send your pre-filled submission now, and tell the WA Government to use the draft review to protect forests!

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Send the pre-filled submission below to tell the WA Government to use the current review of the Forest Management Plan to protect forests.

The Government is seeking feedback until Friday 19 October.

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Dear Mr Mau,

Please accept my submission on the draft mid-term implementation review of the Forest Management Plan 2014-2023 (FMP).

Our unique South West forests are being mismanaged with major negative impacts. The FMP should be amended to protect forests and their ecological values and functions.

The draft review has ignored substantial evidence that logging and burning are having major impacts on forests, wildlife, and biodiversity, and has rubber stamped business-as-usual practices.

It ignores calls from within Government agencies, and from the community, to protect High Conservation Value forests, and exposes a serious lack of scientific oversight in forest management.

The FMP should be amended to:

- Identify and protect all High Conservation Value forests from logging and clearing
- Fully protect threatened species and their habitats from threatening processes including logging, clearing, and inappropriate burning
- Establish and maintain forest health, wildlife, and biodiversity monitoring systems
- Incorporate up-to-date climate data
- Rule out any increases in the annual cut of timber from native forests
- Rule out the use of native forest logs for energy generation

Please use the current implementation review of the FMP to improve protection of the forests, and their wildlife and biodiversity.

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