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PROTECTING, growing and managing Fiji’s forestry will help address environmental challenges such as climate change, says Forestry Ministry permanent secretary Viliame Naupoto.
However, the aim was to create a roadmap that would help manage the forest sector climate change, he said at the REDD (Reducing emission from deforestation and degradation) policy scoping workshop.
“It has been known for centuries that forests are factories that provide countless economic, ecosystem and social service. The services include timber, water catchment protection, water production for agriculture, non-wood forest products, biological diversity, fuel wood, and social recreation,” Mr Naupoto said.
Forests are large storehouses for carbon that is captured from the atmosphere.
“We can lock the carbon by forest protection.”
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