SABL

New Study Reveals Dangers Inherent in Land Registration

On 22 Jul, 2018 By ACTNOW

Photo: New oil palm planting and processing mill in Pomio District, ENBP

Customary land registration processes can easily be captured by local ‘big men’ and companies with disastrous consequences for local people. This is the conclusion drawn in a study on recent oil palm expansion in Papua New Guinea by academic Caroline Hambloch from the University of London.

West Pomio SABL Damages Assessment K2.4 billion

On 03 Jul, 2018 By ACTNOW

Communities affected by three Special Agriculture Business Leases in the West Pomio District of East New Britain Province have assessed the economic damage caused by logging and oil palm planting at more than K2.4 billion.

MP wins court order against logging and oil palm

On 15 May, 2018 By ACTNOW

Hon. Jelta Wong MP via FaceBook

Court Order against Bruno Niu Wirka, Lamus Incorporated Land Group & Tzen Niugini Limited successful; restrained from conducting any eviction, destruction of property, Oil Palm planting whatsoever in Portion 910C Millinch Pondo, Fourmil Rabaul ENB.

Tzen Nuigini Limited remove all its machines and employees from the above stated portion / Millinch

Court dismisses orders restraining customary landowners from accessing their OWN land

On 03 Apr, 2018 By ACTNOW

Source: Scott Waide, My Land My Country

A group of customary landowners in Papua New Guinea have regained access to their land following a significant legal victory against supporters of a logging company.

#PNG land grabbers could potentially face International Criminal Court

On 13 Mar, 2018 By ACTNOW

Source: Martyn Namarong / Namarong Report

The International Justice and Human Rights (IJHR) Clinic at the Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia has released a manual that explores the novel idea of prosecuting land grabbing as a crime against humanity.

PNG hosts APEC on illicit timber while allowing illegal logging

On 23 Feb, 2018 By ACTNOW

IMAGE: Map showing new logging roads and tree cover loss in 2017

SOURCE: Global Witness

SABL petition anniversary marks PNG's greatest ever scandal

On 21 Feb, 2018 By ACTNOW

February 21st is the first anniversary of the presentation of a 10,000 signature petition to the Department of Lands demanding the cancellation of the SABL leases. 2018, also marks five-years since the SABL Commission of Inquiry exposed the full extent of the illegal land grab, which affects more than 10% of the whole country.

Message from Tavolo villagers: “We did not sign SABL”

On 20 Feb, 2018 By ACTNOW

Pepetua Marangona, Tavolo village, Pomio

Source: Scott Waide, My Land, My Country

Tavolo village in Pomio, East New Britain, is a place not many in Waigani know about.

How SABLs are disrupting communities and creating conflict

On 19 Feb, 2018 By ACTNOW

Source: Scott Waide, My Land, My Country

APEC Minister Organising Huge New Land Grab

On 23 Jan, 2018 By ACTNOW

The government has yet to cancel all the illegal SABL leases, used to defraud communities of more than 5 million hectares of land but they are already pressing ahead with plans for another land grab; this time with the commercial banks as the beneficiaries.

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