Logging Companies Accused of Robbing Solomon Islands
Genesis Kofana; 22/5/08
Logging companies in the country have been accused of robbing the government, the country, and resource owners of millions of dollars over the past twenty years by manipulating the country’s determined price system for the export of round logs. A logger, who chose to remain anonymous, says that he totally supports the recent upward review by the Government of the determined export price for round logs, describing it as “still very unfair on the country and the resource owners.” In response to the threat by the logging companies to withhold their log exports as a way to put pressure on the government to reconsider its decision, the logger said the Government must immediately investigate the administration of log exports by the Forestry Department up until now.
See: http://solomontimes.com/news.aspx?nwID=1823
Tags: Environment, Solomon Islands, Trade