Woodland Birds

The Hon. M.C. PARNELL (15:27): I do have a supplementary and I thank the minister for his extensive answer on quolls, rock wallabies and various sea creatures, but if he could answer the question I asked: what is he proposing to do to re-establish substantial amounts of woodland habitat, particularly in the Mount Lofty Ranges? That was the question.

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Climate Change) (15:28): The honourable member seems to want to focus on one little part of biodiversity which is a bit of an oxymoron because everything is integrated, but to give him a more specific, narrow-focused answer, the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges NRM Board has supported recovery actions for 39 threatened animals and 106 threatened plants. They have done work to support the recovery of four nationally listed threatened ecological communities—the Fleurieu swamps, the greybox woodlands, the peppermint box woodlands and the irongrass grasslands.

In addition, 48,477 hectares of native ecosystem have been actively improved through protection and management of remnant native vegetation such as by fencing and abatement activities, and 4,705 hectares of native ecosystems have been reconstructed to support declining woodland birds. I have pages and pages of more detail that I could give the honourable member. I invite him to ask me another supplementary question or to ask this question again because this government has been active in managing the biodiversity across our state, unlike the Liberal Party whose only proposition for the environment is to slash our marine parks.