Logging Code of Practice 1996.

This code provides guidance to reduce the adverse impact of logging on the forest and the communities living in them, with the aim of protecting the environment and maintaining forest productivity through economically viable operations within acceptable safety standards. To this end, this Code sets out 24 key standards and operating practices, including standards on watercourses, minimum buffer zone width, waste management. According to this Code, selection logging in PNG may be practiced in forest areas which are not excluded by the following criteria: (I) slopes steeper than 30 degrees, (II) in areas of high relief on slopes steeper than an average of 25 degrees, (III) permanently inundated land, (IV) limestone country (karst), and (V) mangroves.