Customary Land
New report demands urgent action on FCA logging scandal
Submitted by ACTNOW on Tue, 13/05/2025 - 16:03
A new report on logging in Papua New Guinea calls for urgent action by authorities in PNG and overseas to address long standing issue related to illegal logging, human rights abuses and environmental harm.
New report demands urgent action on FCA logging scandal
Submitted by ACTNOW on Tue, 13/05/2025 - 15:58A new report on logging in Papua New Guinea calls for urgent action by authorities in PNG and overseas to address long standing issue related to illegal logging, human rights abuses and environmental harm.
The report, published by community advocacy organisation ACT NOW and the Jubilee Australia Research Centre, focuses on Forest Clearing Authorities (FCAs), a type of logging licence. It raises serious concerns that FCAs are being abused to allow large-scale logging, while government authorities fail to act.
The real prospect of creating million jobs through cooperatives
Submitted by Eddie Tanago on Wed, 16/04/2025 - 10:59Source: Post Courier 15th April, 2025
By Scott Waide
In the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, a quiet revolution is brewing—one that could reshape the future of coffee production and rural economic development.
Cybercrime charge dismissed
Submitted by ACTNOW on Tue, 08/04/2025 - 15:12
Image: Campaign Manager Eddie Tanago attends a regional forest crime seminar at INTERPOL headquarters in Singapore, Dec. 2024
A criminal charge of identity theft against ACT NOW Campaign Manager Eddie Tanago has been struck out by Magistrate Mr. Paul Puri Nii, in the District Court at Waigani.
Cybercrime charge dismissed
Submitted by ACTNOW on Tue, 08/04/2025 - 15:01A criminal charge of identity theft against ACT NOW Campaign Manager Eddie Tanago has been struck out by Magistrate Mr. Paul Puri Nii, in the District Court at Waigani.
A prominent civil society advocate, Tanago was arrested and charged by police in December 2024 following a complaint made by the Managing Director of the PNG Forest Authority.
This was after ACT NOW had hosted a public seminar highlighting the abuse of Forest Clearing Authorities by foreign-owned logging companies who use the licences as a cover for large-scale illegal logging.
LAUNCHED: New music video promotes importance of customary land
Submitted by Eddie Tanago on Thu, 13/03/2025 - 11:46ACT NOW! in collaboration with Starbox Production has launched a new music and video as part of the wider campaign to protect and promote customary land in Papua New Guinea.
Ban on new Forest Clearing Authorities continues
Submitted by ACTNOW on Wed, 18/12/2024 - 20:22
Image: Part of a Public Notice published in the Post Courier newspaper by the PNG Forest Authority on 29 November, 2024.
The PNG Forest Authority has recently confirmed a moratorium on issuing new Forest Clearing Authority licences is still in force while it completes its audit of existing FCA projects.
ACT NOW Campaign Manager charged with cybercrime
Submitted by ACTNOW on Fri, 13/12/2024 - 10:20
Image: Campaign Manager Eddie Tanago at a recent Global Dialogue meeting at the INTERPOL headquarters in Singapore
ACT NOW Campaign Manager Eddie Tanago has been charged by police under the Cybercrime Code Act for allegedly publishing defamatory remarks on social media about the Managing Director of the PNG Forest Authority.
ACT NOW Campaign Manager charged with cybercrime
Submitted by ACTNOW on Fri, 13/12/2024 - 10:11ACT NOW Campaign Manager Eddie Tanago has been charged by police under the Cybercrime Code Act for allegedly publishing defamatory remarks on social media about the Managing Director of the PNG Forest Authority.
Mr Tanago’s arrest came after a complaint from the PNGFA that ACT NOW had shared a social media post published by a radio company advertising a talkback show that was to feature the Forest Authority and which included an image of the MD, allegedly without his consent.