Woodchips: 60% above limits set in Otway Forest Management Plan

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Woodchip Driven Logging in the Otways: An Economic Analysis

Woodchips: 60% above limits set in Otway Forest Management Plan

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Net Volume of Residual Logs and Sawlogs removed from the Otway State Forest
1994/1995-1999/2000

The ratio of woodchips to sawlogs has risen dramatically.

Residual log volumes are now 60% above limits set in the 1992 Otway Forest Management Plan.

For every truckload of sawlogs that leaves the Otways nearly three trucks carry trees destined for woodchipping.




Woodchip Driven Logging in the Otways: An Economic Analysis
	Woodchips: 60% above limits set in Otway Forest Management Plan

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