Action: A potential project is initiated when we receive a letter
signed by at least two landowners from the proposed project site asking
for our assistance in developing a timber harvesting enterprise. We don't
advertise our services, but rely primarily on word of mouth.
Rationale: In PNG, most surface land and resource rights are
owned by traditional clans. Projects are only set up when there is interest
from the landowners. The letter provides documentation that they approached
us - that this was their idea and not ours.
Examples: We accept letters in either English or Tok Pisin and
letters that are handwritten or ones that are typed - indeed we prefer
handwritten ones as they are more likely to represent the community.
