Model of Development

Frieda river mine will destroy lives and livelihoods

On 19 Aug, 2021 By ACTNOW

The proposed Frieda River mine complex showing the 123km2 that will be flooded to hold the mine waste rock and tailings and the scale of the mine pit itself. Photo: Panaust

The proposed Frieda River copper and gold mine is set to destroy the livelihoods of thousands of local people who currently depend on small-scale alluvial mining for their jobs and income.

Logging and land alienation deliver only negative development

On 17 Aug, 2021 By ACTNOW

A logging truck drives past an unfinished kit house on New Hanover. Photo: Jason Roberts

In 2015, anthropogist Jason Roberts spent months living with the people of New Hanover, documenting their lives and the impacts of large-scale logging and land alientation.

Rio Tinto to assess impacts of former Bougainville mine

On 22 Jul, 2021 By ACTNOW

By Human Rights Law Centre

Tinto has today publicly committed to fund an independent environmental and human rights impact assessment of its former Panguna mine in Bougainville in response to a human rights complaint filed by Bougainville communities.

PNG round log export ban: Plagued by poor political will

On 22 Jul, 2021 By ACTNOW

By Kingtau Mambon | UPNG Economics Tutor

New booklet: Nine Reasons to Say NO to Contract Farming with Palm Oil Companies

On 21 Jul, 2021 By ACTNOW

The World Rainforest Movement

Why do peasant farmers lose out when they produce for the palm oil industry? A publication based on experiences from Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia.

Rio Tinto and Mayur Resources Receive Australia’s Most Toxic Award

On 09 Jul, 2021 By ACTNOW

Corporate Cane Award 2021: Rio Tinto and Mayur Resources receive Australia’s most toxic award

By Jubilee Australia

Purse Seine Fishing Technique is Draining PNG's Tuna

On 06 Jul, 2021 By ACTNOW

Court Halts Logging In Musa

On 04 Jul, 2021 By ACTNOW

Loop PNG

The Popondetta District Court has issued court orders on companies operating in the Musa Foru area, from carrying out any logging activity.

Governor for Oro Gary Ju a has applauded the move, saying Musa Century Limited and Musa Valley Management have been prevented from logging activities including the shipment of logs from the area for a period of 90 days, until issues pertaining to the concerns of the landowners are addressed.

From Extraction to Inclusion - Conference Roundtable

On 02 Jul, 2021 By ACTNOW

The poverty of ‘economic growth’

On 17 Jun, 2021 By ACTNOW

A logging truck transports tropical wood from the Sarawak rainforest [Fiona McAlpine / The Borneo Project]

Peter Metcalf / AL JAZEERA

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