REVIEW OF CURRENT LOGGING PROJECTS - Forest Trends

Lack of observance by PNGFA of the compliance with due process (e.g.
extension of saved permits after the expiry date).
Inconsistency with decommissioning of log landings and logging roads, most
logging operators do not have machines with rippers.
Need for increased cooperation between all stakeholders including permit
holders, logging operators, contractors, Provincial Governments and landowners
in order to ensure meaningful developments are achieved and maintained.
The question of “sustainability” of logging operations particularly where the
estimates of available timber resource are disparate, and there is no guarantee
that landowners will not change land-use from Forestry to industrial agriculture.
Harvesting at an annual allowable cut which appears to exceed the sustainable
annual allowable cut.
Review of Current Logging Projects 2004
Individual Project Review Report No 4 – TP 1-9 Makapa Page 24