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Welcome to the Workshop Code of Practice for the Sustainable Management of the Forests and Tree Resources of Tonga The Forests and Tree Resources of Tonga timber Non- carbon timber storage forest products aesthetics Coastal protection

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Welcome to the Workshop Code of Practice for the Sustainable Management of the Forests and Tree Resources of Tonga

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The Forests and Tree Resources

  • f Tonga
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agroforestry timber Non- timber forest products carbon storage biodiversity Coastal protection aesthetics

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Global threats to trees and forests

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Current situation

Low processing capacity low value- adding High volume of coconut Low volume of high value species

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Tonga’s forest and tree resources

  • 1. Coconut woodland
  • 2. Forestry plantation
  • 3. Agroforestry plantings
  • 4. Natural forests
  • 5. Sandalwood
  • 6. Firewood
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  • 1. Coconut
  • Vast resource/ good quality

timber

  • The number of coconuts

declined by 27% across Tonga from 1980 to 1996 (40% loss

  • n Vava’u; 36% loss on

Tongatapu; 10% loss on Ha’apai)

  • Much is approaching senility
  • Limited processing of timber
  • Significant potential for

sawmilling for domestic and export markets.

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  • 2. Forestry plantation
  • 500 ha on ‘Eua
  • Excellent quality forest
  • Low level of utilisation

and management.

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  • 3. Agroforestry

plantings

  • Trees provide

benefits for crops

  • Tree quality is

high but the volume is low

  • Not realising

maximum potential economic value.

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Healthy crops under partial forest cover (Tongatapu)

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  • 4. High value timbers

Mahogany

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Red Cedar

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  • Red cedar rough sawn

boards worth AUD 4,500/m3 in Australia but much of the resource is currently being used for firewood or low quality purposes.

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Kauri Pine

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Teak

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Sandalwood

  • Tonga has great potential to

grow a high value resource

  • More regulation is needed

for sustainable harvesting.

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Natural forests

  • Inaccessible areas

important for the conservation of biodiversity and soils

  • Secondary growth on

allotments potential

value for biodiversity and sustainable production of wood and other products.

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  • Loss of natural

vegetation can occur rapidly through hurricanes

  • r gradually through

the encroachment of allotments.

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  • Mangrove

swamp forests are damaged by sand mining, roads and timber cutting.

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Firewood

Firewood is plentiful in some areas but very scarce in

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Forestry expertise

  • Forest nurseries
  • Tree planting
  • Tree management
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Options for the future

  • 1. Increase the forest

and timber resources of Tonga

  • 2. Improve the value
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resource to the land

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  • 3. Protect reserves

and sensitive areas.

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  • 4. Increase capacity to process timber for local use
  • 5. Increase the options for producing higher value

products from the timber resource.

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Thank you