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Commonwealth
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 NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE
Papua New Guinea Forest Authority
P.O. Box 5055
Boroko
Papua New Guinea
The government’s principal forestry agency is the Papua New Guinea Forest Authority, a
statutory body established by an Act of Parliament in 1991. It is comprised of a Forestry
Board, advisory committees, and a National Forest Service. The Forest Authority is
responsible for preparing and reviewing the National Forest Plan, control and regulation of
forest exports, advice on forest policy and legislation, resource acquisition, resource allocation,
as well as administration, monitoring and enforcement of the Forestry Act and forest
management standards. The National Forest Service is the operational arm of the Forestry
Authority and has four operational divisions focusing respectively on: Forest Planning,
Resource Development, Forest Management and Forest Research. Development of forest
policy is the responsibility of a separate Ministry for Forests. Other government agencies with
involvement in the national forest estate include: the Department of Environment and
Conservation, responsible for environmental planning, assessment and protection, as well as
nature conservation; the Bureau of Water Resources; and the Department of Lands and
Physical Planning. Papua New Guinea’s 19 provincial governments are all involved in resource
and land development and management activities. Provincial Forest Management Committees
form an important link between forest resource owners and the Forest Authority.
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