AUSTRALIAN FORESTERS in PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1922-1975
PNGAF MAGAZINE ISSUE # 9D3 of 12th Dec 2021 THE DEVELOPMENT OF PNG’s FOREST MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Rehabilitation of PNG’s Degraded Tropical Moist Rainforest Editor R B McCarthy1 2021.
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Dick McCarthy District Forester TPNG 1963-1975. Harvesting Open Bay NB 1974 Photo credit Ian Whyte. 3 Natural forest regeneration Open Bay NB 1974. Photo credit Ian Whyte. 4 Stages of subsistence gardening, fallow, and regrowth Gogol TA Madang. Photo credit Ian Whyte. 5 Harvesting 1974 Vanimo Block 6. Photo credit Ian Whyte. 6 Wewak North Coast PNG Rainforest recovery after harvesting disturbance. Photo credit Dick McCarthy 1995. 7 Forest Dieback Ok Tedi/Fly River Floodplains. Source Ok Tedi Mining Rehabilitation Program. 8 Reforestation Naturally Technique Tom Vigus 1996. Kandrian Gloucester Project Kimbe WNB. 1 2
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