SML communities supply tree seedlings to PJV
By
Ishma Haip - January 16, 2018
Since 2015, over 10,000 tree seedlings have been supplied to the Porgera Joint Venture (PJV) by members of the Porgera Vegetable Farmers’ Cooperative Society (PVFCS).
PJV Environment Department uses the seedlings in its ‘land reclamation and revegetation program’ to control erosion of soil resources, maintain soil productivity and reduce sediment loading in streams.
Many of these seedlings have been planted on the rehabilitated sites at the Kogai waste rock dump.
The program also includes establishing ground cover by planting grass and as soil fertility improves, local hardwood and softwood species are being planted in keeping with plans for post-mine closure uses such as building materials, fencing or fire wood.
In December this year, the environment team with the assistance of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Community Development Section (CDS) visited local communities within the Special Mining Lease (SML) area.
The visit led by PJV Reclamation and Closure Planning Advisor Ishma Haip was to purchase local species of tree seedlings under an arrangement with the Society which dates back to October 2014.
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