FAO Forestry country profiles - forest management

Objectives

The objectives for forest management in Vanuatu are articulated in the country¿s National Forest Policy of 1997. The principal features include:

• a strong national commitment to sustainable forest management;
• forest-based rural development leading to greater significance on forestry in the economy;
• comprehensive land-use and forest planning;
• increased national forest resources through improved natural forest management and plantation establishment;
• improved awareness of the values of forests and trees and greater participation by ni-Vanuatu in the development, management and conservation of these resources.