Customary Land
COVID-19 Reinforces the Value of Customary Land in PNG
Submitted by ACTNOW on Fri, 27/03/2020 - 08:04
Market prices in Port Moresby have shot up in recent days, K50 for a medium sized water-melon and K1 for an unripe lemon
Eddie Tanago - 27 March 2020
What are the lessons? Seeing the COVID-19 crisis through a PNG lens
Submitted by ACTNOW on Tue, 24/03/2020 - 12:55
The COVID-19 pandemic further emphasises the message that our customary land is our social safety net, our security, our life, our sustenance and our provider and must be protected at all costs.
Source: Scott Waide - My Land, My Country - 24 March 2020
So it’s a global pandemic with 15,000+ dead already, 350,000 infected and nearly 105,000 recovered.
ANZ compensates Cambodian families forcibly evicted to make way for sugar plantation
Submitted by ACTNOW on Fri, 28/02/2020 - 08:14
PHOTO: The sugarcane project saw hundreds of Cambodian families forcibly evicted from their land. (ABC News: Sam Clark)
Hands Off! Why Customary Land should never be 'bankable'
Submitted by ACTNOW on Mon, 24/02/2020 - 09:31
24th February 2020
Banks want to lend money to people and small business in Papua New Guinea and to take rights over customary land as security in case the loans do not get repaid.
This could lead to a huge transfer of customary land into private ownership and lead to families and whole communities being forced off their land and losing their livelihoods.
Government out of its depth on customary land
Submitted by ACTNOW on Wed, 12/02/2020 - 06:31
12th February 2020
The Land Minister’s announcement of a new pilot project that will further disenfranchise customary landowners is part of a misguided promotion of private sector greed over people’s need for customary land for income generation.
The government should be focused on empowering rural people to build resilient communities on their own land rather than serving the greed of foreign owned banks and big corporations.
Government out of its depth on customary land
Submitted by ACTNOW on Wed, 12/02/2020 - 06:29The Land Minister’s announcement of a new pilot project that will further disenfranchise customary landowners is part of a misguided promotion of private sector greed over people’s need for customary land for income generation, says community advocacy group ACT NOW!
Campaign Manager Eddie Tanago says "the government should be focused on empowering rural people to build resilient communities on their own land rather than serving the greed of foreign owned banks and big corporations".
Report: Malaysian logging firms party to PNG deforestation
Submitted by ACTNOW on Wed, 08/01/2020 - 06:30
Source: Azril Annuar / Malay Mail - 8th January 2020
Malaysian companies from Sarawak are allegedly trespassing while carrying out logging activities in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and contributing towards deforestation in the island nation, Sarawak Report (SR) wrote today.
The online investigative portal accused Sibu-based Rimbunan Hijau Group (RHG) and WTK Group as well as Amanab 56 Timber Investments Limited as among those stripping the resources of PNG.