environmental damage

K130 million belonging to logging communities is missing

On 09 Nov, 2015 By ACTNOW

Communities across the country that have given up their forests for logging are missing out on promised infrastructure development because K130 million held by the government has disappeared…

Source: Post Courier

Juffa queries funding

On 06 Nov, 2015 By ACTNOW

SABL forest clearance in Pomio, East New Britain. Image: Greenpeace

Source: The National

Northern Governor Gary Juffa has called on Forest Minister Douglas Tomuriesa to explain the findings of the special agriculture business lease (SABL) inquiry.

Issue of 99-year leases still unclear

On 29 Jul, 2015 By ACTNOW

Source: The National

Lands Minister Benny Allan admits that the issue of the 99-year land leases has not been fully understood. He made the admission in Parliament yesterday when answering a question from Kairuku-Hiri MP Peter Isoaimo about colonial leases and what was being done about them.

"There's a lot of confusion with the leases," Allan said.

New scientific report again urges precautionary approach to experimental seabed mining

On 14 Jul, 2015 By ACTNOW

IMAGE: RELICANTHUS SP. -- A NEW SPECIES FROM A NEW ORDER OF CNIDARIA COLLECTED AT 4,100 METERS IN THE CLARION-CLIPPERTON FRACTURE ZONE (CCZ) THAT LIVES ON SPONGE STALKS. CREDIT: CRAIG SMITH AND DIVA AMON, ABYSSLINE PROJECT

Managing mining of the deep seabed

Contracts are being granted, but protections are lagging

Mining Heads Into The Deep Sea, Raising Environmental Concerns

On 09 Jul, 2015 By ACTNOW

Source: Huffington Post

Mining in the deep sea for minerals is uncharted territory, but one company is well on its way to making it a reality. Now, the company is trying to convince skeptical audiences it's a good idea.

SABL issue explained in new Fact Sheet for communities

On 08 Jul, 2015 By ACTNOW

Even though the Commission of Inquiry into the land grab has found the SABL process was flawed, land grabbing continues while nothing has been done to cancel the leases and return the land to customary owners. Many communities are still not aware of what SABL is and how customary land is being stolen.

The SABL issue is simplified in this Fact Sheet for use in awareness at the community level.

Mining Minister Byron Chan to save the world

On 30 Jun, 2015 By ACTNOW

Byron Chan is working blindly by not paying attention to a petition presented to him and the New Zealand Government decisions that spell out all the risks of experimental seabed mining. He seems totally oblivious to the potential environmental harm that (his people) New Irelanders could suffer from.

Chan is abusing his 'leadership position' by totaly ignoring the opposition AGAINST experimental seabed mining even though evidence of environmental harm is ringing all around him.

via PNG Mine Watch

Indonesia's second biggest palm oil company stops clearing of rain forests

On 16 Jun, 2015 By ACTNOW

Picture: Forest Hereos

Source: Rainforest Foundation Norway

Rainforest Foundation Norway and the Forest Hereos alliance welcome an announcement of an immediate moratorium on forest clearance by Astra Agro Lestari, the large Indonesian palm oil company connected to mandarin Oriental Hotels.

Anti-seabed mining campaigners launch petition

On 09 Jun, 2015 By ACTNOW

Te Runanga o Ngati Ruanui Trust chairman Haimona Maruera Jnr, left, chief executive Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and environmental manager Graham Young during the EPA hearing into seabed mining last year

Lawrence Kalinoe's astonishing defence of the unlawful SABL land grab rewrites history and ignores the law

On 25 May, 2015 By ACTNOW

Picture: Secretary for Justice, Lawrence Kalinoe. Photo courtesy of emtv.com

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