Tavolo's Ecoforestry Programme - English Version

English subtitled version of a video featuring Joshua Kialo from the NGO, FORCERT, about their help in the ecoforestry programme at Tavolo community. FORCERT is a Papua New Guinean based, not for profit company that promotes sustainable forest management through providing certification and marketing services of forests and products for local small-scale producers and timber yards. This video is part of the Forest Solutions platform on Papua New Guinea ecoforestry. www.greenpeace.org/ecoforestry

Unique identifier: GP04RBZ

Type: Video

Shoot date: 13/12/2012

Locations: East New Britain Province (PNG), Melanesia, Oceania, Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea, Tavolo

Credit line: © Greenpeace

Duration: 45s

Audio format: Final Mix

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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Forest Solutions - Ecoforestry in Papua New Guinea

The forest provides food, medicine, craft and building materials for the people of Papua New Guinea. Community ecoforestry enterprises have been in place across PNG for many years with varying degrees of success. With the support of local NGO partners such as FORCERT and Foundation for People and Community Development (FPCD), communities have been able to put in place an alternative to industrial logging and SABLs (Special Agriculture Business Leases) and protect their forest for future generations. Pictures include Tavolo FSC certiifed community forest management area in New Britain, Papua New Guinea. It is a collective community effort and with only 2 or 3 trees felled per hectare and with no roads, the environmental impact is very low. Also, all access is by foot or by boat within the Tavolo community forest management area. This is a key distinguishing feature from industrial logging where roads and tracks cause a huge amount of damage to soils and waterways.

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