Model of Development

Student Association Gets Awareness Support from ACT NOW!

On 25 Nov, 2021 By ACTNOW

(Photo courtesy: UPNG Abau Student Association)

It is a great pleasure as an organization to be part of the incredible initiative by the Abau Student Association group from the University of Papua New Guinea this year on their Advocacy Year-End Awareness Trip.

True Zero Emission needed: Groups

On 05 Nov, 2021 By ACTNOW

NEWS | Nogat Coal

Loop PNG

The Nogat Coal Alliance and the Evangelical Luthern Church of PNG are calling on Mayur Resource to halt its coal plans for PNG.

Illegality and human rights abuses in PNG’s logging industry

On 19 Oct, 2021 By ACTNOW

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Human rights abuses and bribery taint palm oil produced in Papua New Guinea

On 08 Oct, 2021 By ACTNOW

Global Witness

A two-year investigation shines a light on palm oil in Papua New Guinea, the notorious industry’s newest frontier. It reveals a litany of human rights abuses and the wide-scale destruction of tens of thousands of hectares of climate-critical rainforest, linked to major financial institutions including BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager.

Logging and Forest Loss in Papua New Guinea

On 28 Sep, 2021 By ACTNOW

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The forests of Papua New Guinea perform a range of vital functions, supporting communities, ecosystems and the planet as a whole. Despite this, they remain under threat from unsustainable and often illegal logging by foreign logging companies.

The value of Papua New Guinea’s forests

Prime Minister must extend ban on new logging permits

On 21 Sep, 2021 By ACTNOW

By Eddie Tanago, ACT NOW!

The Prime Minister must extend the government's ban on new logging permits to cover all types of logging consent in order for it to be effective.

The PM last week directed the PNG Forest Authority to stop issuing new permits and permit extensions so the government can meet its deadline of 2025 for an end to the export of unprocessed raw logs.

Prime Minister must extend ban on new logging permits

On 21 Sep, 2021 By ACTNOW

The Prime Minister must extend the government's ban on new logging permits to cover all types of logging consent in order for it to be effective, says community advocacy group ACT NOW.

The PM last week directed the PNG Forest Authority to stop issuing new permits and permit extensions so the government can meet its deadline of 2025 for an end to the export of unprocessed raw logs.

This is according to a money laundering and financing of terrorism risk assessment published by the Bank of Papua New Guinea in 2017.