Special Agricultural Business Leases (SABL)

Malaysian company signs agreement to log illegal SABL

On 28 Jan, 2016 By ACTNOW

An agarwood plantation has saved See Goh's Compugates after years of financial losses but is the Chief Executive aware the Marienberg SABL is a fraud?

Source: pngexposed blog

A Malaysian electronics distribution company claims it has signed an agreement to log the 26,000 hectare Marienberg SABL in East Sepik Province.

West Sepik against SABLs

On 03 Dec, 2015 By ACTNOW

West Sepik youths holding playcards in demonstration against SABL. Picture courtesy: Gregory Suguman

Source: Gregory Suguman

Youths use Sports to share message: Stop the land grab

On 03 Dec, 2015 By ACTNOW

Wagsford Youths Soccer team

A local town soccer team in Madang, has a message to share at the Madang town soccer competition. The message on their jerseys reads 'Stop the Land Grab'.

Land grabbing a threat to national security

On 16 Nov, 2015 By ACTNOW

Melanesians have great respect for our land. it is the core of our livelihood. Selling of land in our communities has caused rural-urban drift, many people have become displaced and cannot maintain a subsistant living becuase there is no land to cultivate. A great number of people have lost their land to SABL schemes and land grabbing, thus have come town to earn a monetary livelihood. Question is, who is (really) causing this problem?

Juffa queries funding

On 06 Nov, 2015 By ACTNOW

SABL forest clearance in Pomio, East New Britain. Image: Greenpeace

Source: The National

Northern Governor Gary Juffa has called on Forest Minister Douglas Tomuriesa to explain the findings of the special agriculture business lease (SABL) inquiry.

Recent lease cancellations in PNG prompts call for action on SABLs

On 18 Sep, 2015 By ACTNOW

Source: Pacific Beat, ABC

Activists in Papua New Guinea say the cancellation of two leases in Port Moresby highlights the government's inaction in scrapping other controversial leases covering millions of hectares of customary land.

Last week the Secretary of the Lands Department cancelled two leases over Ela Beach after the local MP publicly alleged they'd been obtained corruptly - a claim disputed by the lease holder.

Issue of 99-year leases still unclear

On 29 Jul, 2015 By ACTNOW

Source: The National

Lands Minister Benny Allan admits that the issue of the 99-year land leases has not been fully understood. He made the admission in Parliament yesterday when answering a question from Kairuku-Hiri MP Peter Isoaimo about colonial leases and what was being done about them.

"There's a lot of confusion with the leases," Allan said.

Lawrence Kalinoe's astonishing defence of the unlawful SABL land grab rewrites history and ignores the law

On 25 May, 2015 By ACTNOW

Picture: Secretary for Justice, Lawrence Kalinoe. Photo courtesy of emtv.com

O'Neill's illegal logging: 536 days and counting....

On 12 Dec, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: PNG Exposed Blog

It is now 536 days since Prime Minister Peter O’Neill was told that the SABL leases were unlawful and should be revoked.

Court orders extension to ban on Rimbunan Hijau logging in Pomio

On 09 Dec, 2014 By Elizabeth1

The National Court sitting in Kimbe has ordered an extension to the ban on any forest related activities by logging giant Rimbunan Hijau in its contested SABL lease areas in the Pomio District of East New Britain.

The extension was ordered at a hearing on Monday. The original orders were granted on November 16 - as reported below. The matter will return to court later this month.

Source: PNG Exposed

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