The value and use of Western Australia’s native forests now and into the future.

Online Survey Participant Information

Aim of the Study 

The Hon Amber-Jade Sanderson MLA, Minister for Environment; Climate Action, is seeking the views of Western Australians on the value and use of our south-west native forests now and into the future. This consultation is an early opportunity for Western Australians to provide their views before the development of the next Forest Management Plan (FMP).  A new FMP for the state’s south-west native forests is required every 10 years.  

Over the next 12 months, there will be separate consultation to support the development for the next 2024-2033 FMP. The consultation for the next FMP will examine aspects of forest management to a much fuller extent. For example, there will be important targeted consultation and engagement undertaken with traditional owners, industries, the conservation sector and other stakeholders that will occur separately to this survey.

The Western Australian Biodiversity Science Institute (WABSI), as an independent research organisation, has been commissioned by the Minister for Environment to undertake this consultation and inform the Minister about the range of views in the community on south-west native forests. 

What does participation involve?

This survey consists of five sections. The first section is about you and how you use south-west native forests in Western Australia (WA). The following three sections are about the value, management and future of the south-west native forests, with the fifth section about broad demographic information. There is an opportunity at the end of the survey to attach any supporting documentation or add comments that you would like to share on this topic. 

Completion of the survey should take approximately 20 minutes.

Voluntary Participation and Withdrawal from the Study

Participation in this survey is voluntary and participants can withdraw from the study at any time, without giving an explanation (it should be noted, however, responses submitted anonymously cannot be identified and withdrawn from the dataset once submitted).  

There are no consequences associated with withdrawal or incomplete submissions. 

Your privacy 

Your participation in this study and any information you provide will be treated in a confidential manner. The data will be kept in a non-identifiable format, on a secure server for minimum seven years. 

The data will be stored by the University of Western Australia as the Administrating Agent of the Western Australian Biodiversity Science Institute.

Possible Benefits

This consultation is an early opportunity for Western Australians to provide their views before the development of the next Forest Management Plan (FMP).  A new FMP for the state’s south-west native forests is required every 10 years.  Your participation in this survey will help guide decision-makers as they work to ensure a sustainable future for the unique native forests of Western Australia.

Possible Risks and Risk Management Plan

There are no foreseeable risks associated with participation in this survey.

Contacts

This survey is being conducted by Dr Renee Young & Professor Owen Nevin.

If you have questions about this survey please contact the research team at the Western Australian Biodiversity Science Institute on (08) 9263 9811 or by emailing info@wabsi.org.au.

This survey closed from 1st August 2021. Thank you for your feedback.