Papua New Guinea
Sources of information and contacts in Papua New Guinea's forestry sector
sources of Information
Studies and documents
- Australian Government (2015) PNG-Country Specific Guidelines
- FAO (2015) Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015
- IGES (2013) Managing forests as a renewable asset for present and future generations. Verifying legal compliance in forestry in Papua New Guinea
- ITTO (2011) Status of tropical forest management 2011 - Papua New Guinea
- ITTO (2019) Biennial review and assessment of the world timber situation 2017-2018
- Papua New Guinea Forest Authority (1996) Logging Code of Practice
- Papua New Guinea Forest Authority (PNGFA)
- Papua New Guinea Forest Authority (2019) ‘Forest and Land Use Change in PNG 2000-2015
- Papua New Guinea Forest Authority (2019) Papua New Guinea Timber Legality Standard v.2
Websites
- CITES Database Species+
- Protected Planet
- World Port Source - Map of ports in Papua New Guinea, with container liner service
- ITC (International Trade Centre), calculations based on UN Comtrade statistics
- Fordaq - timber trade network
- FSC - National Standard of PNG; Centralized National Risk Assessment for PNG available at FSC Document Centre
- Open Timber Portal
- Forest Forward - WWF
ALL Contacts
CELCOR (CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND COMMUNITY RIGHTS INC)
PO Box 4373, Boroko, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea
Tel: +675 323 4509
celcorblog.wordpress.com
CELCOR is a not for profit, non-governmental organisation that works to protect the environmental and customary rights of the people of PNG.
FOUNDATION FOR PEOPLE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (FPCD)
PO Box 1119, Boroko, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea
Tel: +675 325 8470
fspiblog.wordpress.com/network/foundation-of-peoples-and-community-development-inc/
FPCD helps Papua New Guineans to develop and manage their own forest resources for environmental, economic and social benefits.
PACIFIC ISLAND PROJECTS (PIP)
PO Box 50, Rabaul, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea
Tel: +675 982 1295
welcome@pip.com.pg
pip.com.pg
PIP is a not-for-profit enterprise that supplies the sustainable forestry sector with a holistic, one-stop source of information; operating though a growing network of resource centres and schools at national, provincial, district and local levels.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE (FRI)
PO Box 314, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Tel: +675 472 4188
www.pngfa.gov.pg/
FRI is the government body charged with the responsibility to provide a sound basis for the sustainable management of PNG’s forests through applied scientific research and dissemination of information.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA FOREST AUTHORITY (PNGFA)
PO Box 5055, Boroko, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea
Phone: + 675 327 7800
www.pngfa.gov.pg/
PNGFA is the government body responsible for monitoring and controlling the wood and forest-based industries and the management of PNG's forest resources.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA FOREST INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION (INC) (PNG FIA)
PO Box 229, Waigani, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea
www.fiapng.com
PNG FIA is an incorporated membership association of companies that are involved in all levels of operation in the timber industry in PNG.
SGS PNG LIMITED
PO Box 1260, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Phone: +675 323 1433
pg.portmoresby@sgs.com
SGS PNG Ltd, a company of the Switzerland-based SGS Group of companies, is an independent certification, verification and testing body responsible for the implementation of a Log Export Monitoring System under PNG’s Procedures for Exporting Logs.
WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE (WWF) - WESTERN MELANESIA PROGRAMME
Allotment 016, Section 55, Baroko Lokua Avenue, Port Moresby, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea
Tel: +675 325 1179
https://wwf.panda.org/wwf_offices/papua_new_guinea/
WWF has been working on conservation issues in PNG and the Solomon Islands for many years. Its Western Melanesia Programme Office is based in PNG and encompasses the Solomon Islands.