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Commonwealth
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 NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE
Government forestry activities in the Solomon Islands are administered through the Forestry
Division of the Ministry of Forests, Environment and Conservation. The Forestry Division’s
responsibilities are divided between 4 Sections: Operations (log monitoring), Economics &
Marketing, Research & Development, and Policy and Planning. The Operations sector has the
greatest direct involvement in forest management, with responsibilities to monitor harvesting
operations and check harvesting plans, as well as to monitor log exports, sawmills, and to
collect government levies and royalties. Among the duties of the Research & Development
sector is extension responsibility for promoting reforestation on customary lands. This sector is
also charged with overseeing reforestation of old garden sites and tribal lands that have been
logged over in the past. Other duties of the Research & Development sector include improving
genetic material of priority species and managing the Herbarium and Botanical Gardens.
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