Latest available figures from the Department of Sustainability and the Environment (Victorian State of the Forests Report 2008) are as follows...
9470ha of native forest harvested annually
50ha Old Growth Forest harvested annually (0.528% of harvest by area)
22500 employed in wood and wood products industries
9% of these in forestry and logging (2025)
Assume all of these are employed by Vicforests in the logging of native forests although some will be employed in plantation logging and some will be in non-logging activities.
So...
2025 employed in the logging of 9470ha of native forests of which 0.528% is Old Growth Forest.
0.528% of 2025 is 10.67 loggers.
If each earn $100,000 before running costs then they earn $1M per year.
If 1million people donated $1 per year we could keep these guys employed doing nothing until they found alternative employment...
Fancy employing a logger anyone?
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