Five Santo land owners have asked a Chinese company of the Vanuatu Forest Industry Limited and the Department of Forestry the payment of their trees.
It is also reported that the Chinese company has already build its factory in China ready to chip Vanuatu’s round logs, but the only problem is that round logs are prohibited for export under Vanuatu.
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@mateomaui it’s grotesque, isn’t it?
idk, for that I’d go with hilarious. Great planning, everyone.
@mateomaui
chinese demand for wood has never cared for any regulations, especially not in the pacific region - it’s a catastrophe …Absolutely going with hilarious then.
from the article:
He said that they believed that more than 10,000 round or unmilled logs are currently stocked at a former slipway at Palekula.
The land owner said forestry department failed to measure the logs after they have cut down by the Chinese company for transportation to Palekula where they are stocked.
He said to know the price of a log the department has to measure it to evaluate the price but so far nothing has been done.
“Heaps of logs are currently stocked at Palekula and to remove them to take their measurement, it will take more than a month. This is the problem of the company and the department to short it out. For us the land owner we just want the payment of our trees,” said the land owner.
He said under the agreement signed between them, the Chinese company and the department, it was agreed to pay 2500 vatu per cubic metre.
