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K37 million ‘missing’ from forest funds

On 05 Sep, 2014 By Elizabeth1

PNG Forest Minister Douglas Tomuriesa

Source: Post Courier

THE Government will investigate how K37 million of the K140 million forest development levy funds were misused, Forest Minister Douglas Tomuriesa told Parliament yesterday.

PNG's West Sepik wants larger logging share

On 28 Aug, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: Radio New Zealand

The Acting Governor of Papua New Guinea's West Sepik has called for the National Forest Act to be reviewed to ensure better returns for local people from the operations of foreign loggers.

Paul Nengai says the province still earns very little from the extensive logging of its forest, and downstream processing activities remain lacking.

Papua New Guinea set to decide on RH logging renewal

On 27 Aug, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: Radio Australia

Papua New Guinea’s National Forest Board will consider a Malaysian company's bid to continue to logging virgin rainforest in order to plant palm oil.

Papua New Guinea's National Forest Board will consider a Malaysian company's bid to continue to logging virgin rainforest in order to plant palm oil.

The clear-felling around Pomio on the island of East New Britain has been hotly contested by some locals, as well as international groups like Greenpeace and Global Witness.

Juffa: Land grabbing a major problem

On 18 Aug, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: Post Courier

ILLEGAL land grabbing has been a major problem for Papua New Guineans both in the urban and rural areas, Oro Governor Garry Juffa said to the Bagasin people in the Collingwood Bay area of Oro Province.

In a visit to the Uiako village where he launched a TV dish for the local primary school and the community last Friday, Mr Juffa assured the people that no one would take their land away from them.

loggers take fight to court

On 18 Aug, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: Post Courier

A KOREAN company which won a contract at the Cloudy Bay sustainable forestry has gone to court claiming area compensation of K9.6 million.

Managing director of Pako F&C Holdings PNG Ltd Chin-Sik Son took the matter to court after his three-month-old contract with Cloudy Bay was terminated early this year.

MP Keen to develop East Sepik Oil palm

On 23 Jul, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: The National

Tomuriesa aims to deliver

On 28 May, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: PNG Loop

Forest Minister Douglas Tomuriesa says he is developing a program with an aim to deliver services using funds from the Log Export Development Levy.

He says he has written a letter to every Member of Parliament outlining his plans on how the levies from logging companies should be spent on development.

Loggers have to "show and tell"

On 28 May, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: PNG Loop

Logging companies have been asked to show the government the number of developments carried out as part of their community obligation in communities they work in.

Forest Minister Douglas Tomuriesa says companies will have to show cause or their licence to log will be suspended.

He says for far too long local communities have been ignored on their own land and now it’s time to “show and tell’’.

No permits for logging violators

On 16 May, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: The National

FOREST Minister Douglas Tomuriesa has assured Parliament that he will not renew any permits or agreements for logging companies that do not comply with the country’s laws.

He said that yesterday in response to Manus MP Ronny Knight’s concerns of a foreign logging company operating in the West Coast of his district.

“Logging has again been done in the Nyada-Lessau area of Manus by a company called Super Green,” Knight told the House.

Questions in PNG on need for more oil palm

On 13 May, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: Radio New Zealand International

An organisation which promotes sustainable forestry, FORCERT, has sounded a note of caution about oil palm developments in Papua New Guinea.

This comes as the national government recently approved of the US$ 2 billion Sepik Plain Oil Palm Development Project, covering 10,000 hectares of land in East Sepik province.

FORCERT's Peter Dam says the legacy of oil palm development in PNG has not been good for local communities.

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