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Journal article
Sandalwood trade and development in Papua New Guinea
Australian Forestry, Vol.83(4), pp.208-215
2020
Abstract
The harvest and trade of sandalwood (Santalum macgregorii) from natural stands began in Papua New Guinea (PNG) in the late nineteenth century. Sporadic harvesting has occurred intermittently since then and continues to this day, with little active management to promote regeneration. This study was undertaken to determine the state of natural sandalwood resources in PNG, clarify the associated regulations for monitoring its trade and export, and identify practical options for local resource restoration through family and clan plantings. We studied export permit data, interviewed resource owners and traders, evaluated forestry legislation and regulation and engaged landowners in three areas of the country to establish sandalwood plantings. We found few regulations or monitoring protocols for sandalwood harvesting and trade in PNG. Export declarations are the only means for reporting the grades and volumes traded. There is evidence that both grades and prices have been underdeclared at point of export. No export permits in the last eight years contained records of any high-grade (A) products, and declared export values were lower than domestic prices paid to resource owners. Export records since 1997 reveal that significant volumes of up to 126 tonnes annually were traded in the early 2000s. The natural resource is yet to fully recover, with much lower volumes exported.
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- Title
- Sandalwood trade and development in Papua New Guinea
- Authors
- G Rome (Author) - PNG Forest AuthorityR Turia (Author) - PNG Forest AuthorityL Oa (Author) - PNG Forest AuthorityT Page (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Tropical Forests and People Research CentreG Applegate (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Tropical Forests and People Research CentreC Saliau (Author) - PNG Forest Authority
- Publication details
- Australian Forestry, Vol.83(4), pp.208-215
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Australasia
- Date published
- 2020
- DOI
- 10.1080/00049158.2020.1855005
- ISSN
- 2325-6087; 0004-9158
- Copyright note
- © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.
- Organisation Unit
- Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research; Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Industries Research Centre; Forest Research Institute; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99511308002621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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