Special Agriculture and Business Lease; SABL; Department of Lands; Commission of Inquiry. land grab

Rimbunan Hijau on West Pomio SABL

On 05 Dec, 2013 By Tim

"Project to be nation builder"

From Rimbunan Hijau (The National)

THE Gilford Palm Oil project in the Sigite-Mukus area of West Pomio is described by developer Rimbunan Hijau (RH) as a nation-building project that will contribute significantly to the people and country.

In a statement from RH, the 30-year cycle project is said to cost K750 million – one of the company’s biggest investments in PNG.

Turubu landowners plan to stage protest march

On 05 Dec, 2013 By Tim

By Jimmy Kalebe in Post Courier

THE Turubu landowners of portion 144c in East Sepik planning to stage a protest march if their graviences are not fully addressed by the authorities.

The landowners have drawn up their petition and presented it to the authorities, especially the Department of Agriculture and Livestock and Wildlife, Lands and Physical Planning and the Forest and Climate Change departments.

Land lost in Papua New Guinea highlighted by NGOs

On 04 Dec, 2013 By Tim

From Radio New Zealand

There are claims Papua New Guinea has lost a third of its territory to foreign companies, which the think tank the Oakland Institute calls one of the swiftest and largest land grabs in recent history.

The Institute, along with the Pacific Network on Globalisation, or PANG, has produced a film called, On Our Land, which documents the loss of land under the Special Agriculture and Business Leases.

SABL Case Study No.6: Turubu and Sepik Oil Palm Plantations

On 04 Dec, 2013 By Tim

From PNGexposed blog

SABL Commission of Inquiry Report 2: Pages 822-865

“The Land Investigation Report was flawed because it failed to ascertain the majority consent of the whole landgroups [sic]…” [p864]

SOPPL is a foreign owned company… is not IPA compliant… does not have the managerial, nor the capacity to undertake large scale agriculture activity and is a logging company”. [p865]

“The soil is not suitable for oil palm estate” [p865]

Interview — Violent corporate land grabbing in Papua New Guinea

On 03 Dec, 2013 By Tim

Free City Radio | Farmlandgrab.org

An interview with Frédéric Mousseau from the Oakland Institute, which recently released a report On Our Land: Modern Land Grabs Reversing Independence in Papua New Guinea.

SABL Case Study No.5: Belden Namah and Bewani Palm Oil Limited

On 03 Dec, 2013 By Tim

From PNGexposed blog

SABL Commission of Inquiry Report 1: Pages 125-143

SABL Case Study 4: Department of Lands corrupt and incompetent

On 03 Dec, 2013 By Tim

From PNGexposed blog

“With corrupt government officials from implementing agencies riding shotgun for them, opportunistic loggers masquerading as agro-forestry developers are prowling our countryside, scoping opportunities to take advantage of gullible landowners and desperate for cash clan leaders.” [Report 1 p242]

SABL Commission of Inquiry Reports 1 and 2

SABL Case Study No.3: Tutuman and the Danfu Extension

On 02 Dec, 2013 By Tim

From PNGExposed blog

SABL Commission of Inquiry Report 2: Pages 359-384

“The C.O.I recommends that SABL Portion 817C be revoked on the basis that the integrity of the Lands Group Registration process and the Land Investigation process fundamental to good title was flawed and must be nullified” [p382]

Foreign companies grabbing one-third of our land

On 30 Nov, 2013 By Tim

Post Courier

Government lying: It is NOT dealing decisively with SABL land grab

On 29 Nov, 2013 By Tim

The government is misleading the people with claims in todays newspapers it is decisively dealing with the recommendations of the SABL land grab [see below].

The TRUTH is the Prime Minister has IGNORED the Commission of Inquiry recommendation that 38 of 42 leases be REVOKED and the land returned to customary landowners.

The Commission found the SABL leases were unlawful and void but the government is leaving the land in the hands of foreign logging companies who have colluded with government officials to defraud customary landowners.

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