Project/activity information

This 2-year project implemented forest industry development studies with a view to assess the possibilities of increasing socio-economic benefits through establishing appropriate forest industries in Papua New Guinea. The specific objectives of the project were to: (i) undertake a pre-industrial survey to determine where and how Papua New Guinea can utilize its forest resources to its optimum use; and (ii) to evauate the economic worth of the current processing industries and recommend improvements. The Forest Industries Development Studies accomplished these two primary goals by providing the PNG Government with a comprehensive recommendation for policy reform in the interests of stimulating forest industrial development and by providing guidelines on the direction that the forest industry structure should take in the coming years. Further, the study has provided the Government with a technical and financial model that can be used as the basis for sustainable forest industry development.