Conclusions
Conclusions
The logging practices of WTK
are causing irreversible damage to the forest resources, including residual
trees, flora and fauna, and impairing vital forest functions (such as
the maintenance of watershed integrity and soil quality). Few benefits
are reaching the customary landowners who depend on the forests not only
to provide small cash incomes, but also as their only means of subsistence
and livelihood. Although it has been ten years since the release of Judge
Thomas Barnett Commission of Enquiry into the Papua New Guinean Forestry
Sector (1987-1989) few things seem to have changed in the ways that company's
such as WTK operate. "In many cases, the timber industry has made life
harder for the landowners at all levels. Not only do they have to face
destruction of their environment, but they face the destruction of their
society."
