A LEADING figure in the Kamulo Doso carbon trade project in Western Province yesterday denied that he was taken at gun point to support the backers of the carbon trade project last year. Abilie Wape, a director of Tumu Timbers Limited, the land owner company involved in the project,, instead alleged that he was bribed to claim on the SBS television program that he was held at gunpoint. Mr Wape was forced to issue the denial after the United Nations Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC) brought up the matter about the SBS television program when the Kamulo Doso project was undergoing verification under the voluntary carbon standards and climate, community and biodiversity alliance. What happened, he said, is that I requested a police escort to the car, because of unrest in the village caused by loggers. I have already apologised to my village and to the board of Tumu Timbers some months ago, and for the UNFCC to bring this up again at this time, in an attempt to create unrest, is both mischievous and irresponsible, Mr Wape said. He said as a director of Tumu Timbers, he was working towards finishing the first carbon trading scheme in PNG to be dual verified under the VCS/CCBA protocols. Managing director of Tumu Timbers, Mathew Kulimbao confirmed the statement by Mr Wape. Tags: Abilie Wape, Carbon Trading, CCBA, Kamula Doso, PNG, SBS television, Tumu Timbers
