In the Pacific Ocean, Santa Isabel is the 2nd largest Island, and Sepi is its most Southern point
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What are the causes/economic activities?
Commercial logging and Agribusiness
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What is commercial logging?
Malaysian TNCs log, send unprocessed material to China (90% of their imports are from illegally felled trees)
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What is agribusiness?
Oil palm plantations to create vegetable oil for cooking, soap and washing powder
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What are the effects of this?
Soil erosion, loss of biodiversity, skid tracks from TNCs, leaching, silting of rivers (leading to floods, e.g. Kahigi River), habitat loss
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Is this sustainable?
No, for every 1 useful mahogany tree, 40 other trees are destroyed by bulldozers
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How is this being managed locally?
Isabel Sustainable Forestry Management Project (only fell 2 trees per hectare every 10 years), Ecotourism by locals (e.g. Tetepare) and Wildlife Corridors
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Is this sustainable?
Yes, Isabel Project has saved 17000 hectares of forest and increases the Lobi community's income by 40%
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In the Pacific Ocean, Santa Isabel is the 2nd largest Island, and Sepi is its most Southern point
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