Source: The National

THE environmental impact statement (EIS) released by seabed miner Nautilus Minerals has errors and does not consider contaminants carried directly to  land by water, a scientist claims.

Dr John Luick, an oceanographer, said in his report on physical oceanographic impact assessment in July, that: “The primary risk to the local people was from shoreward movement of surface waters, which would carry contaminants with them.

Source: Lightening

Avengu village   sits on a  mountain ridge in the highlands of the Morobe Province.   It is one of 10 that sit on a ridge  nestled amongst  the Sarawaged mountains.  

The people are  cut off from their district  headquarters   in Gagidu.  There is no road access.   The  nearest government station is in Pindiu  is a two day walk from Avengu.     The people  grow coffee  and little else in terms of cash crops.

STOP EXPERIMENTAL SEABED MINING IN THE PACIFIC MESSAGE ON THE STREETS OF LOS ANGELES

Carlos Kleeman and Arnie Saiki at the So Cal Climate Action 350 rally in Los Angeles

Source: PNG Mine Watch

Langima is a village in a  local government  area of the  Menyamya district.

It is isolated, forgotten  and has one of the highest infant and maternal  death rates in the country.

That’s slowly changing. For the first time, government funding  will reach the people as the Menyamya district invests more than a million kina into rehabilitating the roads and bridges.Langima is a village in a  local government  area of the  Menyamya district.

Source: Post Courier

A CLAN from a village in Central Province has warned public that they will not allow any illegal land grabbing by outsiders.

Men from Gorohaga clan in Tubusereia village, led by clan leader Nou Tamarua, have come out clear stating they will vigorously defend their land.

The subjected land, known as portion 2734c Dogura, covers more than 300 hectares and is situated in Bautama outside the Port Moresby town boundary.

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has thrown its full support behind the campaign against privatising public assets and services in Papua New Guinea, ITF said in its press release.

Three trade unions – the Energy Workers Union, Maritime and Transport Workers Union and National Airline Employees Association – have formed a coalition to keep some of the country’s biggest companies, including PNG Power, PNG Ports and Air Nuigini, in public hands.

Source: PNG Mine Watch

Jubilee Australia released its report ‘Voices of Bougainville: Nikana Kangsi, Nikana Dong Damana (Our Land, Our Future)’ at a gathering of academics, representatives of non-government organisations and community members at the UNSW Australian Centre for Human Rights on Friday, September 12.

Photo: Ka'apor Indians have formed an indigenous 'army' to combat illegal logging in their forest. © Survival

Source: Survival International

Ka’apor Indians in the Amazon rainforest have formed an indigenous “army” to combat illegal invasions of their land, following the government’s failure to protect their territory.

Source: Special Correspondent in Bougainville

Jubilee Australia released its report ‘Voices of Bougainville: Nikana Kangsi, Nikana Dong Damana (Our Land, Our Future)’ at a gathering of academics, representatives of non-government organisations and community members at the UNSW Australian Centre for Human Rights on Friday, September 12, 2014.

Download the report from the Jubilee Australia website