Model of Development

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

From Extraction to Inclusion

Four Ways Logging Companies Defraud PNG

On 02 Jun, 2021 By ACTNOW

Governor says agriculture a better alternative to Frieda mine

On 25 May, 2021 By ACTNOW

Call for Forest Authority to ban tax evading logging companies

On 19 May, 2021 By ACTNOW

By Eddie Tanago, ACT NOW! Campaign Manager

The Forest Authority must stop aiding and abetting logging companies identified by the IRC as defrauding the State and landowners by evading taxes and must prevent them accessing even more areas of forest to feed their criminal activities.

Call for Forest Authority to Ban Tax Evading Logging Companies

On 19 May, 2021 By ACTNOW

The Forest Authority must stop aiding and abetting logging companies identified by the IRC as defrauding the State and landowners by evading taxes, says community advocacy group ACT NOW!

“If logging companies are unlawfully evading taxes then the Forest Authority and the Minister must act to stop these companies accessing even more areas of forest to feed their criminal activities” says Campaign Manager, Eddie Tanago.

Time to Jail Timber Crooks and to Nationalise Assets

On 17 May, 2021 By ACTNOW

IRC adds more financial crimes to logging companies’ charge sheet

On 11 May, 2021 By ACTNOW

Papua New Guinea’s Internal Revenue Commission says the logging industry is “one of the most delinquent sectors insofar as tax compliance is concerned“.

The logging companies are guilty of “egregious” transfer pricing, “entrenched” tax evasion and “deceptive behaviour” says the IRC (see the full IRC statements below).

TV advert celebrates importance of customary land

On 04 May, 2021 By ACTNOW

The value and importance of customary land in supporting the lives and livelihoods of most Papua New Guinean’s is being celebrated in a new television advertising campaign launched by ACT NOW!

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