DEAR Editor,
RADIO New Zealand International (RNZI) today, Monday 16 October 2017, reported there are three logging camps in operation at Nende allegedly without the required permits.
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Quoting RNZI this was the full report –
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“According to locals on Temotu’s largest island Nende there are three logging camps in operation there without the required permits.
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“The logging company, Malaysia-based Xiang Lin, earlier claimed to have permission from a former Temotu Provincial executive to operate on Nende.
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“However, no environmental impact assessments were reported to have been submitted, nor any timber rights hearings completed.
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“Dudley Mali of the Nende Resource Development Association said landowners were not happy that early logging activity has begun without their consent.
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“The Temotu Provincial executive has rejected the timber rights, so we see it as illegal logging by that company. Now we are filing restraining orders on some of the blocks.”
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Yours sincerely
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Frank Short
