land grab

Amazon Indian ‘army’ takes on illegal loggers

On 17 Sep, 2014 By rait man

Photo: Ka'apor Indians have formed an indigenous 'army' to combat illegal logging in their forest. © Survival

Source: Survival International

Ka’apor Indians in the Amazon rainforest have formed an indigenous “army” to combat illegal invasions of their land, following the government’s failure to protect their territory.

Court reveals woeful and unlawful lack of consultation and consent in SABL process

On 11 Sep, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: PNG Exposed

National Court finds the SABL granted over the customary land known as Potion 144C East Sepik Province was granted in breach of the Constitution and mandatory statutory requirements

Papua New Guinea must not renew license to deforest due to legal irregularities, social and environmental harm

On 04 Sep, 2014 By rait man

Source: Global Witness

Stop the illegal logging

On 06 Aug, 2014 By rait man

Your help is urgently needed by indigenous communities in Papua New Guinea who are seeing their forests illegally destroyed by foreign-owned logging companies.

These companies are stealing logs, destroying the valuable forest environments communities rely on for their subsistence and subjecting local people to violence and abuse.

Turubu landowners secure victory in SABL land grab case

On 10 Jul, 2014 By rait man

The landowners of Turubu in East Sepik have won a National Court order cancelling the Special Agriculture and Business Lease over Portion 144C and declaring the logging of their land illegal...

Rempi people show off their opposition to SABL land grab

On 03 Jul, 2014 By rait man

Hitat is a local community based organisation in the Rempi area in the Madang province. The group met this week to show off their SABL messages for the government and logging companies...

United Nationa Report puts SABL land grab and illegal logging in a global context

On 28 Jun, 2014 By rait man

A new report from the United Nations highlights the global cost of the illegal exploitation of natural resources and its role in preventing sustainable development for the world's poorest people.

Titled 'The Environmental Crime Crisis' the report estimates the illegal trade on natural resources is worth between US$70 and US$213 billion a year.