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TIPNG and CACC demand PM action on SABL land grab

On 09 Mar, 2015 By Elizabeth1

Source: PNG Exposed

Transparency International and the Community Coalition Against Corruption have written to the Prime Minister demanding he follow through with his promises and cancel the illegal SABL leasesTransparency International and the Community Coalition Against Corruption have written to the Prime Minister demanding he follow through with his promises and cancel the illegal SABL leases.

Imposed model of development, natural resource management and corruption

On 25 Feb, 2015 By Tim

Photo: Some of the Pacific youth advocates attending the Forum who were inspired by the work of Act Now!

ACT NOW! was in Fiji this week to make a presentation at the UNDP-organised Pacific Youth Forum on Corruption in Nadi. The presentation linked our imposed model of development to the corruption in the resource sector.

PNG Slow in tackling Corruption - NGO

On 20 Feb, 2015 By Elizabeth1

Land owners take action while decision pends in court

On 17 Feb, 2015 By Elizabeth1

Source: Jimmy Kalebe

The current logging operations in Turubu LLG in Wewak District and parts of Sausso LLG in Yangoru Saussia District East Sepik Province are still going despite it being nullified by the national government last year.

During the 6years of massive logging and round log export, millions of Kina damages were done to the environment, affecting livelihoods of local people.

To date, promises of improved infrastructure and other benefits as stated by the landowner company in the beginning were never materialized.

Customary Landowners interested in timber processing on SABL debated land

On 13 Feb, 2015 By Elizabeth1

With all the hype happening around SABL, are we sure land owners are driven to timber processing projects? Could this be another SABL scheme on SABL debated land? It is important we know what we are inexpensively signing before everyone pays the hefty price of recouping one mans mistake.

Not Destructive Development

On 11 Feb, 2015 By Elizabeth1

Source: "Red Soil"

Jimmy is from the Junk-Aral District of the Jiwaka Province, and he walks from Jiwaka out to the Madang Province to sell his bags of coffee beans and peanuts once or twice every month. From where Jimmy’s village is located, one has to climb very rugged steep mountains, brave the thick jungles and cross some of the fastest flowing rivers to get to town and back home.

logging & oil palm operations in Tring village of Turubu in East Sepik Province: destructive and illegal

On 11 Feb, 2015 By Elizabeth1

Source: Jimmy Kalebe

The latest logging and oil palm operations in Tring village of Turubu in East Sepik Province were claimed by landowners as destructive, unbeneficial and illegal.

The claims come after proper procedures were not followed, no real benefits shared among landowners and consent was not sought through the immediate landowners before trespassing into customary land by the logging company.

PNG imas stop long salim ol round logs

On 31 Jan, 2015 By Elizabeth1

More and more support and outcry for the Papua New Guinea Government to stop the illegal logging of local trees that is pumping profits to foreign companies....

Source: ABC Radio Australia

Heavy logging continues in Turubu despite court victory

On 30 Jan, 2015 By Elizabeth1

Source: "Red Soil"

The foreign logging company deemed illegal by the National court is still heavily logging down kwila trees and leaving the land barren in Turubu, East Sepik Province. Despite being called out by the court to stop the illegal logging on portion 144C, these Asian thieves have resorted to other ways to continue stealing the kwila trees behind the back of the laws of this land.

Special agriculture lease still a thorny issue

On 14 Jan, 2015 By Elizabeth1

'Passing the buck' like everyone else again. fact remains that the PNG Forest Authority is the government body mandated to issue all FCA's and not the Lands Department. Thus, the PNGFA should see it as thier responsibility to cancel any FCA's that have been issued to illegal SABL(s).

SABL(s) have been deemed illegal but why is it that logging is continuing? Is it becuase the FCA's are still valid?

Source: The National

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With all the hype happening around SABL, are we sure land owners are driven to timber processing projects? Could this be another SABL scheme on SABL debated land? It is important we know what we are inexpensively signing before everyone pays the hefty price of recouping one mans mistake.

More and more support and outcry for the Papua New Guinea Government to stop the illegal logging of local trees that is pumping profits to foreign companies....

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