Australia's promotion of logging Papua New Guinea condemned
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14/03/2002
Support by an Australian government agency for a Papua New Guinea (PNG) trade fair promoting the logging industry has angered environmentalists but been welcomed by the timber industry's peak lobby group. Papua New Guinea (Photo courtesy AIMS) The seminar, which opens in the PNG capital Port Moresby, is being organized by the PNG Forest Industry Association (PNGFIA) in an effort to counter the loss of key markets and promote overseas investment in a logging industry mired in controversy.