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Date Posted: 01:02:15 02/15/00 Tue
Author: Anonymous
Subject: SHould the Logging Moratorium be Lifted

I know that people need money for that bag of tru kai or that can of besta. But should PNGeans lobby the government on behalf of the robber barons? What do you intellectuals think of this article? Intelligent discussions please. BW can you please keep you DWU out of this one?

Cheers

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National 15/2/2000
'Freeze on new logging must go'

A MEMBER of the National Forest Board has called on the Government to lift the moratorium on all new forest projects in the country.
Michael Paisparea, who is the landowners' representative on board, yesterday urged the National Executive Council to rescind its decision to impose the moratorium, and called on landowners throughout the country to support his call.
On Nov 9, 1999, the NEC slapped a ban on all new timber licenses, extensions and conversions in compliance with the World Bank condition of the structural reform program for 2000.
The moratorium is also a condition for the World Bank to release US$40 million to the PNG government for a proposed conservation and forestry project over the next six years.
Mr Paisparea said the moratorium would adversely affect the lives of people in the affected areas.
"While the intention of the World Bank to provide development loan to PNG may be genuine, the approach, terms and conditions of such a loan is somewhat dubious," he said.
"The World Bank seriously failed in its approach to consult with the major players within the forestry sector, which included the national forest service, the national forest board and the forest resource or landowners, not to mention members of the forest industry association."
As an industry, the forestry sector plays a significant role in the development of PNG, especially in the rural areas where logging brings goods and services to the people, he said.
Mr Paisparea urged the Government not to be dictated to by these international financial institutions.
He said landowners would lobby with non-government organisations and their respective members of Parliament to pressure the Government to lift the moratorium.
An extreme option would be to shut all operations in the country, which would see the Government lose K150 million in log export revenue, he said.
The execution of the 14 new forest management agreement (FMA) projects this year will see an additional direct foreign exchange income of US$118 million in direct export tax over the next six years compared to the US$40 million, which the World Bank is prepared to give in the form of bank loan, he said.
"If the World Bank is sincere in assisting PNG, why can't the it simply provide finance to the National Forest Service and other Government institutions to pursue their development program instead of imposing unnecessary conditions on the Government?
The forestry package by the World Bank is nothing more that a drive to enforce the concept of conservation in PNG," he said.
"I appeal to all forestry resource owners and landowners to petition your respective members of Parliament and to lobby with the various NGOs throughout PNG to throw out this moratorium nonsense by the World Bank," Mr Paisparea said.

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