Middle Ramu Block 1 (Kumlam) (Madang Province)
View PublicationThe net loggable area has been over-estimated by an estimated 47,000 ha in the FMA document. Also the estimated volume per hectare is questionably high. However, the sustainable timber yield principle has been complied with and the corrected estimated sustainable annual cut is sufficient to support a conventional stand-alone log export
project (provided the volume per hectare is verified unchanged). There is a suggestion that a Provincial Government-supported oil palm development is being planned within the project area.