Australia has more forestry programs than ever before, but still too few undergraduate forestry students. Jerry Vanclay muses on why this is so and what can be done about it. Tere is a shortage of graduate foresters in Australia today. During the last12 months, Australian employers recruited at least 11 entry-level foresters from abroad; probably over 20% of recruitment at this level. While some new blood is good, 20% foreign recruitment represents a problem, especially when Australia is on the brink of a second-rotation boom in both forests (i.e. the clearfall and replant of the MIS plantations) and foresters (the 54/11 superannuation phenomenon which is expected to precipitate the retirement of many baby-boomers).
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