Wantok Niuspepa | 30 October 2025

Nupela keis stadi bilong ACT NOW! wantaim Jubilee Australia Research Centre i painimaut sampela hevi i kamap long loging operesen aninit long Forest Clearing Authority (FCA) long Wanigela, Oro Provins.

Dispela ripot i gat infomesen i soim olsem loging operesen i gohet yet maski sapos ol asples i egensim, na i soim olsem ol i no yusim FCA long wok egrikalsa, na i bin gat wari tu sapos ol i bihainim lo o nogat.

Malaysian timber tycoons should stop destroying Papua New Guinea (PNG)’s forests. 97% of controversial timber licences found to be linked to Malaysian business people, says Pamela Avusi, Coordinator for PNG Environmental Alliance.

 A groundbreaking new investigative report: “Malaysia's Timber Colony: Exposing Malaysia’s Grip Over Papua New Guinea’s Forests”, reveals the disturbing role of Malaysian-linked companies in local deforestation. According to its findings, 97% of PNG’s Forest Clearing Authorities (FCAs) are controlled by Malaysian-linked companies.

By Eddie Tanago

The National Forest Board’s failure to stop the illegal FCA forest grab is undermining the Prime Minister’s commitment to protecting Papua New Guinea’s tropical forests.

Speaking at the United Nations in New York the Prime Minister has reminded the world of the fragile state of the environment and the need for everyone to act as stewards not destroyers of God’s creation. 

ACT NOW has launched a new advertising campaign on radio and television calling on the PNG Forest Authority to take immediate action on the abuse of Forest Clearing Authority licences.

Panguna mine in Bougainville (2022) PC: Island Business Pacific News

Cathy Tukne | Information Coordinator

Eddie Tanago | Campaign Manager

A recent news story about communities in Morobe using their profits from cocoa farming to pay for solar powered street lights for their villages is very encouraging and positive. Such initiatives drive economic independence, a sense of community and self reliance.

Eddie Tanago | Campaign Manager

ACT NOW is calling on the Prime Minister and regulatory agencies to take urgent action to address the huge discrepancies in log export values revealed in a recent report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

By Fr. Giorgio Licini, Caritas PNG Advocacy