Forest consultations: minister should listen

Alexander Chapman, Doncaster, The Age (letter), 3/5/2001

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Sherryl Garbutt (1/5) reminds us of the widespread community consultation process that was used when formulating Victoria's regional forest agreements. She fails to mention that the vast majority of submissions called for an end to logging in the Otways.

Furthermore, the study found nearly all of Apollo Bay's residents and businesses believe the town's future is in tourism, not logging. This is very understandable: tourism generates around $4 billion for the local economy, more than 80 times that of logging.