30-05-2013, 03:10 PM
PROCEEDINGS of the REGIONAL WORKSHOP on SANDALWOOD RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT and EXTENSION in the PACIFIC ISLANDS
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Executive Summary
The workshop was organised and jointly sponsored by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community Land
Resources Division (SPC LRD), South Pacific Regional Initiative on Forest Genetic Resources (SPRIG),
AusAID/International Seminar Support Scheme (ISSS), SPC/GTZ-Pacific German Regional Forestry
Project (SPC/GTZ-PGRFP) and IAC (NC).
The Director for SPC Land Resources Division, Mr Aleki Sisifa, officially opened the workshop. More
than 40 participants attended the workshop, including Government, non-government, university and
private sector representatives from Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, India, Indonesia,
New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, People’s Republic of China, Tonga, Samoa, Solomon Islands,
United States of America and Vanuatu, and representatives from SPC LRD, SPRIG, IAC, SPC/GTZPGRFP
and Ensis. A full list of participants is given in Annex 1.
The workshop included presentations on regional and international programme initiatives, country
reports, technical papers, group discussions and a field visit to Colo-i-Suva and Vunimaqo. Details of
the programme are included in Annex 2.
Recommendations
On the basis of its observations ands discussions, the workshop has made the following major
recommendation for action.
This workshop recommends that SPC, in close consultation with member Pacific Islands Countries
and Territories (PICTs), develop and co-ordinate a regional sandalwood research, development and
awareness program that aims to maximize the potential of sandalwood to contribute to sustainable rural
livelihoods in the Pacific Islands.
It will be an inclusive program that aims to effectively involve key stakeholders, including Governments,
private sector, research organizations, NGOs and donors, to the maximum extent possible. This program
will be based on the discussions and recommendations of the working groups to this workshop.
Santalum austrocaledonicum
1. Ways to minimize movement of seeds between the southern and northern populations of
Vanuatu
• Certification of flow of seeds,
• Restrict or avoid mixing of germplasm
2. Ask SPRIG or SPC to coordinate sending of samples to Danica,
3. Test hosts through an agro-forestry system,
4. To promote combining results of genetic studies to get a clearer picture on the diversity of
genetic materials and oil components between CIRAD and ACIAR projects,
5. Finding funding for sandalwood inventory in Vanuatu – should develop standardization of
sandalwood inventory system,
6. Standardization of laboratory extraction for all future GC analysis,
7. Need to reconcile error between ethanol extracted oil and bulk steam distillation from the
industry.
Santalum insulare
Work done since the last workshop
Cook Islands
- a sandalwood workshop has been held on Mitiaro, mainly on S. insulare
- trial on vegetative multiplication of S. insulare (still in progress)
- production of S. austrocaledonicum and S. album seedlings
French Polynesia
- end of the inventory of all the populations of S. insulare
- definition of provenances by the mean of botanical, chemical and genetic studies
- establishment of conservatory stands for 3 provenances (Moorea, Nuku Hiva high elevation,
Nuku Hiva low elevation) and of several plantation of production (Nuku Hiva high
elevation)
- sale of S. insulare seedlings to the population of Nuku Hiva
Main objectives
• Inventory of S. insulare on Mitiaro
• Maintain the integrity and diversity of S. insulare populations
• Vegetative multiplication to gather sterile material
• Production and collection of seeds on natural stands
• Implementation of ex situ conservatory stands
• Exchange of experiences and results between French Polynesia and Cook Islands
Recommendations
- Production/Conservation: Until now, the main works done were relative to conservation of S.
insulare because the species is endangered. For production purposes, the question of which
species must be used has to be answered. Hybridization between species or provenances
must be avoided. Separation of the conservation of the local species and the production of
introduced species can eventually be discussed
- Policy: Discuss and incorporate the eventual promotion/production/utilisation of introduced
species in the legislation/regulation. Is it pertinent to introduce other species or S. insulare is
it suitable for production?