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Commonwealth
Forests | | |
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Employment in the forest or in the processing of wood in the formal or informal economy is
often quoted as one of the important forestry contributions to sustainable rural livelihoods.
Unfortunately there are few reliable figures, even on the formal economy, and even fewer on the
informal economy.
Annex 4.3 gives figures for employment in the forest and in primary production in forestry for
selected Commonwealth countries. The importance of the forestry sector to total numbers
employed in the developing economies of India, Malaysia and South Africa can be seen, and
also to the developed economies of Canada and the United Kingdom. But only in Canada
(2.3%), Malaysia (2.0%), New Zealand (1.8%) and South Africa (1%) does the forestry sector
contribute more than a very small proportion of the total labour force.
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