[{"bbox": [96, 152, 1164, 419], "category": "Text", "text": "Promotion Authority (TPA – on eco-tourism as alternative income generation). A key role is played by the Parliament. Involved at provincial and local government levels are Provincial Administrations; Provincial and Regional Environment/ Climate Change Offices; Provincial Forest Management Committees; District Administrations and LLGs & Ward Councillors and village courts. Among entities mandated to enforce FCCB rules and regulations are the judicial system, the Police and other enforcement bodies. Key institutions in improving knowledge management and generating a new generation of FCCB-savvy professionals are the Department of Education (DoE, overseeing general education, Flexible & Open Distance Education (FODE) and technical and vocational education training (TVET); the Department of Higher Education, Research, Science, and Technology (DHERST), which administers universities and colleges (including teacher colleges and technical/ business/ specialized colleges) as well as entities providing specific training to public servants, such as the Pacific Institute for Leadership and Governance (PILAG)."}, {"bbox": [96, 428, 1164, 643], "category": "Text", "text": "2. Main civil society (CSO) stakeholders, representing rights of different rights holders, are, in the first place, landowners, landowner communities and their organisations and associations, for instance Integrated Landowner Groups (ILGs), community-based organizations (CBOs) and agricultural associations, including cooperatives. The second group of CSOs include established international and nongovernmental organizations and their alliance and platforms, including organizations rallying youth and women around FCCB, as well as human rights defenders opposing land grabbing⁸. This category of stakeholders also includes influencers, artists, musicians and other individuals engaged in promoting FCCB awareness among their followers. At policy level, the Consultative Implementation and Monitoring Council (CIMC) brings various stakeholders together on a broad range of policies."}, {"bbox": [96, 653, 1164, 1053], "category": "Text", "text": "3. Private Sector (PS): The PS is highly relevant for FCCB in multiple ways. Companies and their associations involved in round log export are lobbying for a continuation of unrestricted round log export. At national level, the Forestry Industries Association brings together private sector involved in timber and logging. The International Tropical Timber Association (ITTA) as well as timber importers in Europe and beyond play an important role. On the climate financing side, large international corporations operate in PNG (such as Total, Oil Search, Steamships) and are subject to global carbon offsetting rules and interested in ensuring that PNG's carbon trading mechanisms is transparent. PS are also interested to portray a more “green” image, including through the promotion of renewable energy and carbon credit generating activities from reforestation and conservation. Companies interested in exporting to European markets will have to comply with EU rules regarding green taxonomy and the imports of deforestation free commodities, and some European companies are interested in resourcing premium quality products from PNG. Finally, the private sector is critical in green investments and creating green jobs. The legal profession may be involved in providing legal assistance to defend landowners' rights against illegal or non-compliant logging. Commercial banks as well as the banking regulator play a role regarding the promotion of green investments on the one hand, and on addressing money laundering from illegal logging on the other hand. PS representatives will be invited to participate in various FCCB working groups."}, {"bbox": [96, 1063, 1164, 1195], "category": "Text", "text": "4. Development Partners (DPs): Various DPs are involved in the FCCB space, including at bilateral level, USAID and at multilateral level the UN (various agencies including UNDP, FAO), the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), CIFOR. Among DFIs somewhat involved in the sector are the EIB and the AFD. It is expected that Australia, PNG's largest development partner, will, together with New Zealand, increase its engagement in climate change related actions in the near future."}, {"bbox": [96, 1208, 1164, 1501], "category": "Text", "text": "5. Universities and research institutes: At national level, teaching and research in FCCB is limited, but consultations indicate that various PNG universities, including UNPNG, UNITECH, UNRA and Western Pacific University are interested to engage with the EU on strengthening higher education teaching and research on the FCCB nexus. This growing interest, combined with the recent appointment of an ERASMUS National Focal point, provides opportunities for increased research partnerships with universities in Europe and across the world, where PNG's relevance for FCCB is well known. This includes for instance the University of South Bohemia, deeply involved in the Binatang Research Centre in PNG which is also connected to civil society and national universities. Other international research institutes with interest in PNG's FCCB nexus include ACIAR and CSIRO. As an entity with a coordinating role, the PNG Science and Technology Council Secretariat on the applied science on forestry, climate change and biodiversity subjects will be involved in the action. Think-tanks with interest in FCCB include the Institute for National Affairs (INA) and the National Research Institute (NRI)."}, {"bbox": [86, 1541, 1143, 1610], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁸ These include for instance Human Rights Defenders' Association (HRDA), FORCERT, PNG Environmental Alliance; Wildlife Conservation Society, Managalas Conservation Foundation, Partners for Melanesia, PNG Environment Forum; Sea Women of Melanesia, CELCOR, Piku Biodiversity Network, Tenkile, Nature Park, Bread for the World, PNG Council of Churches, Advancing Women Leaders Network"}, {"bbox": [86, 1657, 203, 1681], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 10 of 32"}]