Western Australia - Snapshots of landscape & climate
Western Australia at a glance:
- 253 million hectares total land area - 33% of Australia
- 26 million hectares of forest present in 2003
- 0.5 million hectares forest cleared since 1989
- 80 million tonnes greenhouse emissions from deforestation since 1989
- equivalent to 8-times the current annual emissions from all of Australia's passenger vehicles
| Perth - Landscape Change | ||
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| 1972 | 1989 | 2004 |
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| Perth Region - Climate and forest cover statistics | ||
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