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Forestry Planning, Assessment and Certification

ECF have been active in planning and assessment issues of Fiji’s natural and plantation forests, mangroves, and forest industries. Dick Watling, ECF’s Principal, is a Lead Assessor for Forest Certification with SmartWood – an accredited Certifier by the Forest Stewardship Council.

Forestry FSC Certification Assessment Fiji Mahogany

Forestry FSC Certification Assessment Fiji Mahogany

Past work carried out by ECF in this area includes:

  • 2013 Review of Fiji’s R-PP document for the UN-REDD programme. Commissioned by World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF).
  • 2013 ‘Mangrove Management Plan for Fiji – 2013 for Fiji’, prepared for the Mangrove Management Committee.
  • 2013 ECF’s Dick Watling participated in an FAO-AusAid commissioned review of the Papua New Guinea ‘Code of Logging Practice’.
  • 2013 Forest Certification Assessment – Fiji Pine Ltd. (Forest Stewardship Council)
  • 2006-2010 ECF’s Dick Watling – Preparation of National Certification Standards – Steering Committee Member
  • 2005 Inspection of logging in the Raralevu Concession, Monasavu for Ministry of Forests
  • 2004 Forest Certification Assessment – Fiji Hardwoods Corporation Ltd. (Forest Stewardship Council)
  • 2003 Scoping Certification of Fiji Hardwoods Corporation Ltd. plantations, (Forest Stewardship Council).
  • 2003 Inspection and reporting on illegal logging at Drawa, Vanua Levu
  • 2003 Review – Draft Niue Code of Logging Practice
  • 2003 Facilitator – National Forest Certification Workshop, Apia, Samoa
  • 2002 Facilitator – Regional Forest Certification Workshop, Nadi
  • 2001 Forest Certification Course – trainer for a SmartWood course commissioned by GTZ Regional Forestry Programme.
  • 1996 Environmental Review – Fiji Pine, Vanua Levu Feasibility Study
  • 1993/4 Forest Functions – identification and mapping. The assignment involved the development of an appropriate forest function classification using FORGIS, the GIS (Arc-DBase, ERDAS) of the National Natural Forest Inventory.
  • 1992 Review of Fiji’s Hardwood Plantation programme; NZODA
  • 1988 Fiji Forestry Sector Study; FAO.
  • 1987 EIA of the Navutulevu Timber Concession, Navua; FAO

Recent News

Honorary Member – Nomination Acceptance Communique – Dick Watling – September 2021

IUCN World Conservation Congress, Marseille 3-11 September 2021

Well, I have to start by saying this nomination is a surprise, but certainly a pleasant surprise, and I accept it with gratitude, and with humility. I add with humility, because I know well that my professional life here in Fiji, has been dedicated to my wider environmental consultancy rather than to conservation, which is where I always thought it would be.

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