Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman says the review of the National Forest Policy Statement (NFPS) and National Forest Policy (NFP) is timely.
He was speaking yesterday at the first stakeholders’ consultation.
Giving the welcome remarks at the Umana Yana, Trotman pointed out that the revision is timely, given that the policy was last reviewed in 2011 and there have since been major changes globally.
“Much has happened since this revision was done in 2011. We’ve had the Paris conference (on climate change). We’ve had a change in the White House. We’ve had matters even arising here,” Trotman noted, while pointing out that even though persons might have a general perception of the forest sector that is twisted, there has