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

SABL Case Study No.2: Victory Plantations and Edward Studdy

On 29 Nov, 2013 By Tim

From PNGexposed blog

SABL Commission of Inquiry Report 1: Pages 198-206

“We found serious flaws and irregularities in the granting of the SABL… Not all the landowners gave their consent to lease out their land… the whole SABL [is] defective and therefore, null and void” [p204]

SABL land grab makes from page news

On 28 Nov, 2013 By Tim

SABL Case Study No.1: Puka Temu and the Changhae Tapioka cassava project

On 28 Nov, 2013 By Tim

Advocate: Return land titles

On 28 Nov, 2013 By Tim

By Grace Auka Salmang, Post Courier

FOR development to be fully recognised in Papua New Guinea, it must be initiated and collectively agreed by the landowner themselves, says John Chitoa from the Bismarck Ramu group.

"We are therefore demanding that the PNG government cancel all SABLs and return the titles to their customary landowners.

Land grab shock

On 28 Nov, 2013 By Tim

Almost one third of customary land taken by foreign companies

By Grace Auka Salmang, Post Courier

PAPUA New Guinea is the latest victim in a modern era of land grabs orchestrated by foreign corporations, an investigative report and a film reveal.

Government response on SABL grab is weak and inadequate

On 07 Nov, 2013 By Tim

Community advocacy group ACT NOW! says the Prime Minister's response to the huge illegal SABL grab is weak and inadequate.

The government has announced a ministerial committee to review the recommendations and findings of a Commission of Inquiry into Special Agriculture and Business Leases but has done nothing to cancel the fraudulent leases or stop the illegal logging in leases areas.

The government says the review will be executed by the Department of Lands, National Forest Authority and Department of Agriculture.

PNG govt appoints committee to review SABL recommendations

On 06 Nov, 2013 By Tim

Radio New Zealand

Papua New Guinea’s government has appointed a ministerial committee to review the recommendations and findings by the Commission of Inquiry into the Special Agriculture and Business Leases.

The Prime Minister Peter O’Neill, speaking on Radio FM100, said the committee has been given two months to complete a review.

He said Government agencies such as the Department of Lands and Physical Planning, Forestry, and the Department of Agriculture and Livestock will execute the review.

On Our Land: A Story of Land Grabbing in PNG

On 30 Oct, 2013 By Tim

Turubu landowners want justice to be done over the land title issue

On 30 Oct, 2013 By Tim

By JIMMY KALEBE

FRUSTRATION has build up for landowners in Turubu LLG whose land has been the subject of Special Agriculture Business Lease (SABL) in East Sepik Province.

Photo: Landowners gathering in Mundawin village for the meeting to put pressure on relevant authorities to give back their land title on portion 144c in Turubu LLG in East Sepik on Monday. Pihoto: JIMMY KALEBE.

PM stop the corruption: Save our land and livelihoods

On 24 Oct, 2013 By Tim

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