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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

UN calls for halt to new mines in PNG until better policies and practices put in place

On 08 Dec, 2014 By Elizabeth1

"... better strategies need to be in place to take the significant wealth generated by extractives industries and translate this into meaningful human development for citizens across the country".

United Nations calls for responsible foreign investment

Source: PNG Mine Watch via the Masalai blog

Illegal Logging Wreaking Havoc on Impoverished Rural Communities

On 02 Dec, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Group Slams Conference

On 02 Dec, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: The Post Courier

THE Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) has branded PNG’s 13th Mining and Petroleum Conference happening in Sydney this week as an exercise in encouraging investment in destruction.

O'Niell pushing for increased dependency an UnConstitutional and failed development model

On 01 Dec, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Large-scale mining and gas projects completley defeat the five National Goals in our Constitution and after 30-years have utterly failed to improve the lives of ordinary people in PNG. Yet our Prime Minister and government are determined to

blindly continue along the same failed economic path, enriching forreign corporations and themselves while we suffer the environmental and social costs

Island Women: WE Don't Want Seabed Mining Ever

On 01 Dec, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: Little Green Palai

Just the thought of mining the seafloor in Melanesia is not sitting well with two women from Melanesia.

From Vanuatu, the new president of the Vanuatu National Council of Women, Mrs. Leias Cullwick is still firm on the Vanuatu women’s call to stop exploration and mining on the seafloor in Vanuatu.

Indonesia should step out of Papua with pride, says jailed activist

On 30 Nov, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: The Age

Jayapura, West Papua:Ten years after he was jailed for raising the outlawed "Morning Star" flag, West Papuan independence leader Filep Karma has called on Indonesian President Joko Widodo to voluntarily grant independence to West Papua so that Indonesia is not embarrassed in international forums.

Talk to Landowners before selling PNG

On 30 Nov, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: Little Green Palai

In just a few days in a faraway land in Sydney, Australia, from December 1-3, Papua New Guinea’s mining department will be hosting its investment conference.

However, in two rural villages in Bogia and Karkar Island in Madang province they are not pleased that rural lands are being talked about without local people’s involvement.

Brief on Frieda and on issues of ownership and control and the pre-emptive rights of the State in resource projects

On 29 Nov, 2014 By Elizabeth1

"… be mindful of the growing disillusionment by the majority of our people and our Land owners in particular about the way we have dealt with the exploitation of our non renewable resources which continues to treat our people as mere spectators in this sector… "

Picture: PNG Mine Watch

Source: PNG Blogs

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.

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