PNG: Minister announces unmilled timber ban plan

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Updated February 28, 2008 16:28:34

Papua New Guinea's Forest Industry Association has warned logging companies could go out of business if the government goes ahead with a plan to stop exports of unmilled timber. Forestry Minister Belden Namah has announced plans to phase out round-log exports by 2010, to encourage downstream processing of local timber.

Presenter: Firmin Nanol
Speakers: PNG's Forest Industries Association chief executive Bob Tait; Forestry Minister Belden Namah; conservation lawyer Annie Kajir

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