Tree plantations the way to go in PNG

Tree plantation in Tasmania, Australia, and above, a former DPI officer demonstrates how to plant eucalyptus trees in the Warakamb valley.


A lot has been said recently about global warming, and a lot is happening. But still nothing much is beeing done in PNG. Vast areas of forests are cut everyday for farming or for hard wood to do various things.
This can stop if rural people were educated about the long term implications. Seedlings should be given out freely to peopcle to plant and this should be encouraged. This happened in the Warakamb valley during the Christmas holidays where over 2000 trees were planted by villagers using a grant from the office of Environment and Climate Change. There are still vast areas needing tree planting and should be done more frequently. In Tasmania, Australia, vast hectares of land are used for tree plantations.