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1. Papua New Guinea is a tinderbox

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   rait man - 16/12/2011 - 13:21 - 1 comment

2. Which way Big man? – Are we passing the buck?

   ... credit: Greenpeace Today’s PNGFM Maus Wara Show - SABL Today PNGFM aired a talk about logging and foreign intervention into ... – mainly focusing on Special Agricultural Business Leases (SABL). There was a good summary by Eddie Tanago Paine who called in and spoke ...

   ACTNOW - 10/04/2015 - 11:58

3. Lands Secretary suspended but corruption still remains

   ... deals and was infamously involved in many of the unlawful SABL leases – but the corruption in the Lands Department runs far deeper ... – it is easy to conclude why… In 2013 the SABL Commission of Inquiry identified Kila-Pat’s role in many of the unlawful ...

   ACTNOW - 30/09/2015 - 08:38

4. Groups warn of 'social unrest' and 'violence'

   ... in the similar Special Agriculture and Business Leases (SABL) system in Papua New Guinea. 13. We are also concerned about the ... in the similar Special Agriculture and Business Leases (SABL) system in Papua New Guinea. 13. We are also concerned about the ...

   Elizabeth1 - 01/10/2014 - 14:51 - 0 comments

5. ENB police defying Commissioners orders and facilitating illegal logging

   ... Lawyers for landholders who are the victims of two illegal SABL leases, have now written [see pdf file below] to  the Provincial ... against local people protesting against the unlawful SABL leases and illegal logging operations that date back for more than four ...

   ACTNOW - 21/12/2016 - 10:26 - 0 comments

6. May 2016: Government challenged at the United Nations

   ... publicly challenged the Papua New Guinea government over the SABL land grab, illegal logging, the impact of extractive industries on ... the state policy affecting indigenous lands , known as “SABL” and strengthen the implementation of the work of the Commission of ...

   ACTNOW - 15/11/2016 - 16:08 - 0 comments

7. Logging industry depriving PNG of millions in gov't revenues

   ... investigation and the cancellation of all illegal SABL leases. A new report titled ‘ The Great Timber Heist Continued ... the amount of timber they harvest, much of it from illegal SABL areas, their declared losses have also been increasing and as a result ...

   ACTNOW - 05/09/2018 - 06:39 - 0 comments

8. Logging industry depriving PNG of millions in govt revenues  

   ... investigation and the cancellation of all illegal SABL leases. A new report titled ‘ The Great Timber Heist Continued ... the amount of timber they harvest, much of it from illegal SABL areas, their declared losses have also been increasing and as a result ...

   ACTNOW - 05/09/2018 - 06:37

9. Petition calls on Treasurer to investigate logging company tax evasion

   ... have expanded their operations to log inside the unlawful SABL lease areas. ACT NOW! says it is clearly illogical for any company to ... The petition also calls on the government to cancel the SABL leases as recommended by the Commission of Inquiry and promised by the ...

   ACTNOW - 18/05/2016 - 08:25

10. PNG government must act on international criticism over human rights abuses against its indigenous peoples

    ... specific concerns about the human rights impacts of the SABL land grab, in which more than 5 million hectares of land was unlawfully ... serious legal and human rights issues associated with the SABL scheme. In 2011, it set up an independent investigation to review the ...

    ACTNOW - 13/05/2016 - 09:33

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