I move:

That the Senate calls on the Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation (Senator Abetz) to report, before the Senate rises in 2006, on:

(a)

the relevance in Australia of the Stern report’s conclusion that globally, destruction of forests creates more greenhouse gases than transport;

(b)

the quantity of greenhouse gases currently released by:

(i)

commercial logging of native forests, and

(ii)

other clearance of native vegetation in Australia;

(c)

the reliability of information available on and any measure being implemented to improve knowledge on paragraphs (a) and (b); and

(d)

any measures being undertaken by the Government to halt greenhouse gas emissions from the forests in our region and globally.

Question put.