Opportunities for forestry investment in Asia and the Pacific through carbon offset initiatives. (1997): 3 OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS IN THE FORESTRY SECTOR: 3.3 Forestry Examples in the Asia/Pacific: 3.3.5 Solomon Islands: Natural Forest Management

Opportunities for forestry investment in Asia and the Pacific through carbon offset initiatives. (1997)

3 OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS IN THE FORESTRY SECTOR

3.3 Forestry Examples in the Asia/Pacific

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		3.3.1 Indonesia: Reduced Impact Logging
		3.3.2 Malaysia: Tropical Forest Rehabilitation
		3.3.3 Malaysia: Reduced Impact Logging
		3.3.4 Fiji: Community Forestry Pine Plantations
		3.3.5 Solomon Islands: Natural Forest Management
		3.3.6 Papua New Guinea: Integrated Conservation and Development
		3.3.7 Vanuatu

3.3.5 Solomon Islands: Natural Forest Management

In the Solomon Islands, UNDP/FAO South Pacific Forestry Development Programme and the Solomon Islands’ Department of Forestry proposed that a carbon offset funding component could be built into a proposed natural forest Management programme. This project was designed to implement RIL techniques and begin quantifying the GHG savings available from such an implementation in typical Melanesian forests. As a forest Management proposal, this project was quite advanced; however, it has not advanced as a carbon offset project because of difficulty identifying the AIJ point of contact within the government.