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PNG's (and Fiji's) interim EPA with the EU has triggered PACER-Plus negotiations, launched in August 2009, on common priority issues including renewable energy and the environment

The Reserved Activities List, reserving certain activities for PNG citizens and national entities (50% or more owned by PNG citizens unless controlled by non-citizens), was replaced by the smaller Cottage Business Activities List, effective 2005, related, inter alia, to forestry, logging & related activities, wildlife and fishing

Import controls maintained, inter alia, on environmental protection grounds

Exports of certain trees (balsa, blackbean, cordial, ebony, rose wood, teak and all conifers) are prohibited for environmental reasons

Import prohibition of non-biodegradable plastic shopping bags is in place since December 2009

Exports of skins are taxed for conservation reasons

PNG Certification Services (PNGCES), formed in 2006 and administered by the NISIT, is the national scheme for auditing and certifying companies and organizations with respect to management systems to the four international standards: quality (ISO 9000), environmental (ISO 14000), Food (ISO 22000) and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP4)

The research division of New Britain Palm Oil Ltd deals primarily with seed production, plant breeding, and environmental issues related to plantation and mill management

Two Fairtrade-registered exporters sell to Starbucks under CAFE practices, whose coffee must be grown in an environmentally sustainable manner and meet other conditions

Forest concessions (timber permits) are issued formally by the Minister of Forestry, based on the PNGFA's recommendations and input from the National Forestry Board in order to prevent illegal logging