We must support the unemployed -- but we must be clear as to the cause. Green groups and unemployed forestry workers have much in common as they search for sustainable value-added work in the regions where a little old-growth forest still remains.
There is much that can be done, to lift the potential for tourism, to
improve catchments and public facilities, all of which will add more long-term
value and employment than Dr Bain's mechanised clearfelling.