Forest Ministers

That's the finding from a new report by the NGO, Forest Trends.

The group tracked the flow of conservation finance under the UN conservation programme known as REDD+ between 2009 and 2014.

It identified US$45.3 million in total finance directed to REDD+ programmes in PNG, over half of which came from individual donor countries, with Japan the largest donor by far.

A senior associate in the REDD+ forest conservation finance tracking initiative, Brian Schaap said not a lot of resources are being deployed to conserve PNG's huge forests.

The final recommendation of the 21 APEC ministers responsible for forestry called “Eda Statement” focused on the following key agendas;

•              Supporting Sustainable Forest Management

•              Forest Conservation and Forest Rehabilitation to Mitigate and to Adapt the Impact of Climate Change

•              Challenges in Maintaining and Strengthening Efforts to Combat Illegal Logging and Associated Trade