environmental damage

Churches against seabed mining

On 04 Jun, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: The National

Scientists warn over coming era of deep sea mining

On 21 May, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: Papua New Guinea

Strip mining and vacuum mining are coming to the seafloor

The last great unexplored wilderness on Earth is about to experience industrial-scale mining that could change the face of the pristine seabed of the deep ocean for generations to come, scientists have warned.

This could be a Bermuda Gold Rush

On 15 May, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: Nick Duffy for Bermuda Sun

Will Bermuda make it rich on the back of Papua New Guinea's experiment with seabed mining - or will it 'be ground zero for an unprecedented marine catastrophe'?

While many were Americans, the Gold Rush also attracted tens of thousands from Asia, Europe, Australia and Latin America. *MCT photo

Locals claim logging polluting waterways

On 28 Apr, 2014 By Tim

By BENNY GETENG, Post Courier

MORE than 1000 people in New Ireland Province might be affected as their only water source is being polluted by logging operations in the area, they claim.

SI landholders join PNG, Fiji and Indonesia in protesting against foreign owned mining

On 13 Jan, 2012 By rait man

The Solomon Star is reporting that landholders in the Solomon Islands have mounted a protest against the environmental damage caused by the Gold Ridge mine near Honiara. The mine is owned by Australian company Allied Gold, which is also the operator of the controversial Simberi mine in Papua New Guinea which was forced to close by a tailings leak late last year.

Time is right for a different development path

On 05 Jul, 2011 By Effrey

Papua New Guinean's faces a vitally important choice. Should we continue to implement an imported and failed model of development, which is based on unrestrained capitalism, or return to our roots, rediscover our National Goals and follow a more Melanesian development path?

Rimbunan Hijau found guilty of intimidating, threatening and harassing the media

On 13 Jul, 2010 By rait man

The National Court has found controversial Malaysian logging giant, Rimbunan Hijau, guilty of intimidating, threatening and harassing the Post Courier newspaper and abusing court processes in order to try and stop publication of reports critical of their logging operations.

The Court has also ordered Rimbunan Hijau's lawyer, Michael Wilson be charged with perjury for filing sworn evidence "that defies the truth with intend [sic] to mislead the court".

The full National court decision is attached below as a downloadable pdf file.

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