Lama Lama Land Trust Forest Management Evaluation
Service: Desktop & field evaluation of past forest harvesting practices.
Client: Yintjingga Aboriginal Corporation (Lama Lama Land Trust)
Location: Cape York region, Queensland, Australia
Completion: 2017
Yintjingga Aboriginal Corporation (Lama Lama Land Trust) is responsible for management of forests on Indigenous land in a remote area of Cape York in northern Queensland, and completed the first stage of a timber harvesting contract with Cape York Timbers in 2016.
Verterra undertook an evaluation of the harvesting undertaken on Lama Lama Trust’s property in 2016/17, to ensure regulatory; environmental and forest sustainability objectives had been met.
Lama Lama required an evaluation of forest harvesting operations to ensure the area was managed responsibly, and to identify opportunities for improvement.
Prior to site inspection Verterra undertook a desktop study and prepared an evaluation framework covering all aspects of the forest management operations relevant to the client. The framework provided a workflow to enable efficient and comprehensive field evaluation and ensure that all matters of interest were addressed.
Verterra invited Lama Lama Rangers to attend the field inspection to promote two-way exchange of knowledge and information.
The evaluation provided Lama Lama with confidence that forest management operations were being carried out in a responsible, competent, and environmentally appropriate manner and in compliance with relevant legislation.
Importantly, the evaluation identified and recommended a number of areas for capacity building and improvement. This has provided Lama Lama with a plan to implement a program of training and continuous improvement.
