{"id":1514,"date":"2024-02-01T06:12:33","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T18:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fijihardwood.org\/?p=1514"},"modified":"2024-06-20T15:10:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T03:10:48","slug":"fiji-hardwood-plans-to-expand-beyond-limitations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fijihardwood.org\/?p=1514","title":{"rendered":"Fiji Hardwood plans to expand beyond limitations"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-image1514_1be29e-97 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image1514_1be29e-97 size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/fijihardwood.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Semi_Dranibaka.jpg\" alt=\"Mr Semi Dranibaka, General Manager Fiji Hardwood Corporation \" class=\"kb-img wp-image-1369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fijihardwood.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Semi_Dranibaka.jpg 960w, https:\/\/fijihardwood.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Semi_Dranibaka-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fijihardwood.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Semi_Dranibaka-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>Mr Semi Dranibaka, General Manager<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The Fiji Hardwood Corporation is looking to establish a timber processing plant to diversify its operations beyond simply selling logs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, our ability to do so is hindered by existing legislation, particularly the Mahogany Industry Development Act (MIDA), which confines us to log sales only. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our General Manager, Semi Dranibaka, emphasizes the necessity of revisiting the legislation to pave the way for timber processing expansion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The corporation is actively lobbying the government to amend the MIDA, proposing the creation of a taskforce to address these regulatory constraints and unlock opportunities in both local and international timber markets. <br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/fijionenews.com.fj\/fiji-hardwood-explores-timber-processing-plant-and-legislative-amendments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fiji One News covered the story here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fiji Hardwood Corporation is looking to establish a timber processing plant to diversify its operations beyond simply selling logs. <\/p>\n<p>However, our ability to do so is hindered by existing legislation, particularly the Mahogany Industry Development Act (MIDA), which confines us to log sales only.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fhcl-updates"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fijihardwood.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fijihardwood.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fijihardwood.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fijihardwood.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fijihardwood.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1514"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/fijihardwood.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1747,"href":"https:\/\/fijihardwood.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514\/revisions\/1747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fijihardwood.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fijihardwood.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fijihardwood.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}