Customary Land

National Land Summit is a Failure Say Community Groups

Submitted by ACTNOW on Wed, 06/03/2019 - 09:35

By Madang Maror* and Alliance of Solwara Warriors

We, Madang Maror and Alliance of Solwara Warriors with support from the Sepik Communities hereby announce that the National Land Summit is a scam.

In Papua New Guinea traditional land does not belong to individuals, it is a communal stewardship. Therefore, the Lands Department and organizers of the summit have NO MANDATE to talk about our traditional land.

Our Land. Their Profits. Our Enslavement.

Submitted by ACTNOW on Thu, 21/02/2019 - 07:59

Government Land Summit is a new corporate land grab

Submitted by ACTNOW on Wed, 20/02/2019 - 17:53

The government of plotting to grab more customary land and hand it to multi-national companies and the commercial banks.

While it has been forced to stop issuing illegal SABL leases, the government now intends to use the National Land Summit as a cover to find new ways to ‘facilitate access to customary land’.

Government Land Summit is a new corporate land grab

Submitted by ACTNOW on Wed, 20/02/2019 - 03:22

The Government is plotting to grab more customary land and hand it to multi-national companies and the commercial banks, says community advocacy group ACT NOW!

“The government has been forced to stop issuing illegal SABL leases but now wants to use the National Land Summit as a cover to find new ways to ‘facilitate access to customary land’ for big business and the banks”, says campaign manger, Eddie Tanago.

National Land Summit 2019 Position Statement

World Bank’s New Scheme to Privatize Land Exposed

Submitted by ACTNOW on Wed, 30/01/2019 - 11:30

Source: Oakland Institute

In advance of the release of the World Bank’s 2019 Enabling the Business of Agriculture (EBA) report, the Oakland Institute exposes the Bank’s new scheme to privatize land in the developing world.

Govt. must publish full SABL list

Submitted by ACTNOW on Tue, 22/01/2019 - 07:26

It is one of the world’s biggest illegal land grabs, yet more than 5-years after the government promised to cancel the SABL leases and return the land to its customary owners, the people of Papua New Guinea are still waiting to hear which, if any, leases have been cancelled.

Government must publish full list of SABL leases

Submitted by ACTNOW on Tue, 22/01/2019 - 07:24

PNG failing to confront human rights issues - HRW

Submitted by ACTNOW on Sun, 20/01/2019 - 13:03

Image: Foreign Minister Rimbink Pato, Prime Minister Peter O'Neill and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the APEC leaders summit in Port Moresby last year. PNG's PM has faced criticism for spending on the meeting. Photo: APEC Papua New Guinea Media team

Issues of corruption and land grabbing figure high in Human Rights Watch assessemnt of PNG

UN challenges govt over SABL land grab

Submitted by ACTNOW on Mon, 14/01/2019 - 06:51

The United Nations has accused the Papua New Guinea government of racial discrimination against its own people over its failure to stop foreign companies using SABL leases to illegally occupy customary land.

More than 50,000 square kilometres of indigenous land has been seized using the illegal agriculture leases, as exposed in a 2015 Commission of Inquiry.