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Interest buoys State
Posted by Fiji Times: Samisoni Nabilivalu on March 21st, 2011
Fiji Times: A GOVERNMENT department is buoyed by many landowners being interested in the REDD-plus (reducing emission from deforestation and degradation) policy.
Department of Fisheries and Forests director Jope Davetanivalu said they were happy despite it having taken a while.
"An important exercise in our consultations with them was the identification of the drivers (human causes) of carbon stock change, deforestation and degradation.
"It was necessary for developing an effective REDD-plus strategy...