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Commonwealth
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 NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE
The Department of Forestry was established in 1980 and recently restructured (1999) with the
addition of a Forest Research Division and an Extension Forestry Division. It is responsible for
the implementation of the national forest policy and the forestry legislation, as well as for
issuing Timber Licenses and monitoring timber harvesting operations according to the Code of
Logging Practice. It is also in charge of collecting information about forest resources, conduct
forest research and facilitate the development of commercial plantations and agroforestry
systems. It provides advice on forest conservation, protected areas and National Parks.
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