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Portions of Paradise: Vanuatu suffers its own land grab

On 03 Jun, 2011 By rait man With 6 Comments

While local people in Papua New Guinea are beginning to suffer the impacts of a massive land grab orchestrated under the guise of agriculture projects, mining leases and Special Economic Zones, Vanuatu is suffering its own land grab as revealed in this video.

Landowners in the dark on PMIZ

On 29 Apr, 2011 By rait man

Scientists urge Papua New Guinea to declare moratorium on massive forest clearing

On 20 Apr, 2011 By rait man

By Jeremy Hance

Pacific being forced to follow the wrong model of development

On 08 Apr, 2011 By Tim With 1 Comments

From Radio Australia

Land alienation is a problem not just in Papua New Guinea but across Melanesia, and it has the potential to have a catastrophic affect on Melanesian society, according to one of the region's most experienced anthropologists.

  Kirk Huffman, a former Director of the Vanuatu Cultural Centre and a Research Associate at the Australian Museum says, when it comes to land, even well-meaning investors and aid donors in Melanesia have the wrong model of development.   

Women and children fear eviction as homes fenced in for first SEZ

On 31 Mar, 2011 By Tim

By Joshua Arlo*

Women and children from the Rempi area of Madang fear eviction as the government presses ahead with plans for Papua New Guinea's first Special Economic Zone.

Together with their men, the women met to air their grievances about the government sanctioned US$300 million Pacific Marine Industrial Zone which promises to bring in 10 new fish canneries and about 30,000 jobs.

What should development mean in Papua New Guinea?

On 14 Dec, 2010 By rait man With 1 Comments

By Rosa Koain

THE Western concept of economic development is about one person taking control of an activity and pulling all the rest in to work for him. The Melanesian concept of the same development is about sharing and participating equally and openly.

Despite the many lessons from different parts of the world, the concept of development that PNG is adopting is breaking up communities. The many conflicts arising as a result are indications of an economy breaking down.

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