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52 Rawson Pass, the construction of the Southern Cloud Lookout and interpretive signage near Tooma (in conjunction with Tumbarumba Shire), and the continuation of work on a variety of other projects including the Main Range Walking Track, rehabilitation of Rawson Pass, road works, bridge upgrades, securing water supplies, sludge storage facility construction, snow melt and rainwater collection, plantings and design works (pages 86–87, Chapter 4: Contribute to increased tourism, community wellbeing and regional development through parks and reserves, DECC Annual Report 2007–08). In the Eden region Bournda NP, Hobart Beach campground was upgraded. This $80 000 two-year program involved relocating some campsites, constructing a new shelter shed, toilet and a school camping area. The upgrades have improved visitor comfort and privacy and ensured protection of Aboriginal sites (page 87, Chapter 4: Contribute to increased tourism, community wellbeing and regional development through parks and reserves, DECC Annual Report 2007–08). Forests NSW Forests NSW continues to provide data for the actual number of facilities available on its estate. In State forests in 2007–2008, there were a total of 128 recreation and tourism facilities (table 2-6A). The majority of which were within the LNE (69, an increase from 61 in 2006–2007) and Southern (32) regions. Overall there was a 4% decrease in the number of facilities across all forest agreement regions. The reduction was mainly in the Southern region where the number of facilities fell from 43 to 32. This is consistent with a strategy of focusing limited resources on prioritised recreational facilities within higher visitation areas. Table 2-6A: Recreation/tourism facilities in State forests – all regions (2007–2008) Recreational facilities provided Region UNE LNE Eden Southern Roadside rest area/picnic area 2 23 8 5 38 Forest drives (marked) 0 0 1 0 1 Forest walks (marked) 3 17 4 9 33 Lookouts 1 5 0 3 9 Camping areas 1 19 3 3 26 Camps/huts/cottages 1 5 2 12 20 Other 0 0 1 0 1 Total facilities 8 69 19 32 128 Source: Forests NSW data In addition, across the forest agreement regions 2986 ha of State forest was designated a ‘special value’ of tourism and recreation under the forest management zoning system in 2007–2008. This value is applied to sites that have established recreation facilities or sites that are planned and suitable for development. Total NSW FOREST AGREEMENTS AND INTEGRATED FORESTRY OPERATIONS APPROVALS
Employment MIG indicator 6.5.a: Direct and indirect employment in the forest sector and forest sector employment as a proportion/percentage of total employment (UNE, LNE, Eden, Southern regions) Indicator 6.4: Employment numbers by type across all forest users in the Eden region Employment in the forest sector, including by Forests NSW and by DECC, decreased when compared with 2006–2007 figures. Employment in the forest management and conservation sector is important to many regional economies. Data within this indicator have been provided by Forests NSW (direct and indirect employment) and PWG (direct employees only). In 2007–2008, the estimate for total employment in forest sector decreased slightly (figure 2-6B). At the end of 2007–2008, employment by Forests NSW was estimated to be 511 and PWG 736, (or 1247 equivalent full-time (EFT) employees combined for Forests NSW and PWG). Forests NSW – direct and indirect employment The direct and indirect employment figures provided by Forests NSW cover a range of activities, including growing and managing of forests, harvesting and haulage, primary processing, apiary, grazing and other activities (such as gravel extraction and plantation establishment contractors). Estimated total direct and indirect employment in the forest sector, by Forests NSW, totalled 5493 EFT positions across all regions for 2007–2008 (Table 2-6A). Similarly with last year, the largest employment sector was primary processing, which made up 65% of its total employment across all forest agreement regions (figures 2-6B and 2-6C). Harvesting and haulage accounted for 14% of employment, growing and managing forests accounted for 9%, and apiary 4%. Table 2-6B Estimated total direct and indirect employment in the forest sector, by Forests NSW. Figures show EFT positions across all regions for 2007–2008 and percentages by forest sector. Forest sector LNE UNE Eden Southern Totals Percentage Growing/managing* 132 115 73 171 511 9.30% Harvesting/ haulage Primary processing** 130 103 140 410 783 14.2% 734 818 210 1831 3593 65.4% Apiary 70 82 10 66 228 4.15% Grazing 93 250 0 5 348 6.34% Ecotourism 1 0 0 1 2 0.04% Other*** 21 7 0 0 28 0.51% TOTAL 1 181 1 375 433 2504 5493 100.0% Note: These figures are derived from the SEEDS database. Regional staff enter data for all categories except primary processing based on the Permits and Licence database. Primary processing figures are based on regionally sourced estimates. A continuing trend in rationalising businesses was reflected in a further drop in employment numbers in the forest sector reported by Forests NSW. This drop was compounded by the affects of the drought conditions, which had proceeded this period over a large area. In addition the quality of the data NSW FOREST AGREEMENTS AND INTEGRATED FORESTRY OPERATIONS APPROVALS 53
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