REVIEW OF CURRENT LOGGING PROJECTS - Forest Trends

An annual marketing surveillance overseas trip at a cost K20,000.00 for
landowner representatives.
(e) Landowner Infrastructural Benefits
Under the Project Agreement, landowners are entitled to a number of funds that can be
used to develop infrastructures such as classrooms, teacher's houses, clinics and aid
posts and other items that the committee tasked with the management of the funds
approves. These funds are:
An Annual Benefit Fund of K420,000.00 per annum, to be managed by an
“Annual Benefits Fund Committee”;
A Log Transport Infrastructure Fund of K150,000.00 specifically for those villages
along the marine routes and waterways used by the company to transport logs,
to be managed by a “Log Transport Infrastructure Fund Committee”;
An amount of K100, 000.00 for construction of clinics;
An amount of K100, 000.00 for the construction of classrooms and teacher's
houses; and
The installation of VHF Radios in several villages (see below) worth K30,000.00.
The following infrastructures can be confirmed from the visit to villages able to be
accessed by the Review Team:
At Wasapea Village:
o 1x standard double classroom
o 1x aid post
o 1x VHF radio
At Makapa village:
o 4x standard double classrooms
o 4x L40 teacher's houses
o 1x aid post
o 1X VHF radio
At Pikiwa village:
o 4x L40 teacher's houses
o 3x standard double classrooms
o 1x aid post
o 1x VHF radio
The Review Team was unable to reach Bamustu village due to logistical problems and
lack of time and therefore cannot confirm the infrastructure developments there. Apart
from the above infrastructures 5 generator sets were also distributed for village
electrification.
Review of Current Logging Projects 2004
Individual Project Review Report No 4 – TP 1-9 Makapa Page 12