Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, , 2:10:20 to 2:11:53
Review of Australia's commitment at COP 28 to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030 and the necessary monitoring programs to meet these obligations.
Topics: Climate change, International law
Speakers: Matt Lowe, Senator Vanessa Bleyer, Senator Glenn Sterle, Senator Ross Cadell
>> Well what measures are you adopting towards halting and reversing deforestation and in particular having regard to the 2030 target that we agreed to at the cop to which I referred.
>> Yeah. So I I guess sort of matters of um deforestation uh are not strictly um the policy responsibility of DAFF. Um what I would say though is um I I think uh some of those statistics that I read read out to you that um um over the course of the the last decade and a half um we are a net reforestation nation uh and that is a privileged position in the global context. Um I think that stands us in goodstead in relation to the matters um that you're raising with the department today.
>> Yeah. And as I noted, Mr. Low, um there are much more current statistics than those um to which you refer and I commend them to you. Uh well, thank you very much for answering my questions about deforestation. Um back over to you, chair.
>> All right, we've got four minutes left. Is there any questions that anyone wants to get out before you in outcome one before the break?
>> No, everything we start will take significantly longer. away.
>> Sure.
>> Let's give it a 3 minute hits extra
break. >> Let's go for a break and 10:15 where we 11:15 we're required back. All right. Short suspension. That's cuz the union