FAO Forestry country profiles - forest management

Managers

Governmental responsibility for natural resources on Nauru lies with the Department of Island Development and Industry, thus responsibility for forestry is nominally under its purview. The Department¿s wide-ranging responsibilities encompass Culture and Tourism, Lands and Survey, and Environment. The Environment Division is responsible for the protection of Nauru¿s natural environment. Little attention is paid to forest management issues, but in the future, reforestation activities carried out under the direction of the Nauru Rehabilitation Corporation are likely to be of significance. A proposal for the establishment of a Ministry of Natural Resources, within the Department of Agriculture, includes the establishment of a small Forestry/Agroforestry Division.

Public participation in forest management

The limited forest management activities on Nauru are carried out by customary owners of forest lands. There are no real efforts at a coordinated national approach to forest management.