Western province

PNG govt. ordered to stop interfering in SDP

On 23 Jan, 2015 By Elizabeth1

Source: Radio New Zealand

The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes has ordered Papua New Guinea's government to stop interfering in the management of PNG Sustainable Development Program.

The dispute arose in late 2013 when the Peter O'Neill-led government moved to assume complete control of the 63 percent share of the lucrative Ok Tedi mine that SDP had held until then.

Ok Tedi LOs: Government didn't consult with us first

On 20 Dec, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Ok Tedi mine (Credit: ABC licensed)

Source: Post Courier

THE clan leaders and chiefs of Faiwolmin Association Incorporated representing six mine villages and the entire Faiwolmin tribe have refuted claims made by the national Government that they were consulted in the new shares distribution in Ok Tedi Mine.

PM gives third of Ok Tedi to Western Province

On 15 Dec, 2014 By Elizabeth1

A recent protest by landowners in Western Province

Source: Radio New Zealand

The Papua New Guinea prime minister, Peter O'Neill, says the people of Western Province are to be given one third ownership in Ok Tedi Mine Ltd.

BHP's legacy of environmental ruin remains for South Fly

On 29 Nov, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Picture: Sadly a deformed infant and mother in the Middle Fly area of Western province. BHP Billiton owned and operated the Ok Tedi mine which directly discharged toxic mine waste into the Fly River system

Source: Radio New Zealand

Landowners in the South Fly region of Papua New Guinea's Western province are unsatisfied with the compensation given for environmental devastation caused by the Ok Tedi mine.

Landowners unhappy with OK Tedi

On 27 Nov, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: Post Courier

Traditional landowners in the Fly River area of Papua New Guinea's Western Province are reportedly upset that compensation payments from the Ok Tedi mine have been reduced by around half this year.

The landowners are paid money as compensation for the environmental destruction caused by the mine.

Mining Capitalism: The Ok Tedi disaster and how mining companies manage dissents

On 11 Jul, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: Papua New Guinea Mine watch

Mining Capitalism takes us from the devastation of a river to the courtrooms and commissions where activists and thieves reimagine its truth and consequences. This is a thrilling story, and everyone should read it" - Anna Tsing, author of Friction

Illegal Fishing Threatens Food Supply After PNG Floods

On 19 Jun, 2012 By Klaireh With 1 Comments

via Radio Australia

Tens of thousands of people in Papua New Guinea's Western Province are having their food security undermined by illegal fishing, making recovery from recent floods more difficult.

SABL: Over to you at the big Haus Tambaran

On 23 Feb, 2012 By Klaireh

There are diverse issues that concern individual Papua New Guineans in different ways, but the one issue that will always be of great cultural and emotional significance to all of us is our land. Taking away someone’s land or their right to it, is as good as amputating all four of their limbs.

Huge SABL's in Western Province 'not practical’

On 25 Jan, 2012 By rait man

By Luana Paniu

A massive total of 2 million hectares granted under four but bordering Special Agriculture and Business Lease (SABL) reportedly for poultry and vegetable farming is not practical according to former Lands Secretary, Pepi Kimas.

The sub-leased areas which are located in the Western Province and extends onto the borders of both the Southern Highlands and West Sepik Provinces, includes one individual SABL totalling a land mass of 790,800 hectares.

Commission probes ITS over Western Province land deals

On 11 Jan, 2012 By rait man

By Jacob Pok

THE Commission of Inquiry into the Special Agriculture Business Lease (SABL) is investigating a foreign-owned company over the acquisition of more than two million hectares of land in Western.

The Independent Timber and Stevedoring Company, a subsidiary of a US-based company, was engaged by the government to construct a 600km Trans-Papua Highway from Kiunga into Central’s Hiritano and through three other provinces.

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