Model of Development

The Plight Of PNG's Oil Palm Workers

On 09 Sep, 2019 By ACTNOW

Source: Sarawak Report - 8 September 2019

Take Back PNG: Make the National Goals Relevant Again

On 27 Aug, 2019 By ACTNOW

By Patrick Kaiku*

Marape Backs Moratorium On Experimental Seabed Mining

On 15 Aug, 2019 By ACTNOW

Source: Matthew Vari, Post Courier via PNG Mine Watch

Prime Minister James Marape has indicated he will support a proposed regional moratorium on seabed mining, however, could not go as far as to say a ban outright would be needed.

Land is Life Video Toolkit Launched

On 16 Jul, 2019 By ACTNOW

ACT NOW! has launched a new video toolkit, titled Giraun Emi Laif, to assist rural communities to better understand the benefits of customary land and the threats they face to their livelihoods, natural environment and culture.

The toolkit shares stories of resistance, resilience and hope from communities around the world whose territories are central to their way of being but who have found themselves on the frontline of the global rush for land.

The toolkit features communities:

Churches condemn government NLS land grab

On 13 Jul, 2019 By ACTNOW

Why family owned businesses must be supported by Govt

On 10 Jul, 2019 By ACTNOW

Source: Scott Waide / My Land My Country

Our economic investment model as it relates to job creation is wrong. We have had it wrong for nearly half a century. We followed a colonial model of job creation where an enterprise is established, jobs are created and people get a paid job.

New Report: A Critique of Incorporated Land Groups

On 27 Jun, 2019 By ACTNOW

Customary land tenure is an inherent feature Papua New Guinea society and culture and its protection is enshrined in the nation’s legal framework. It is also highly contentious. Powerful economic interests ensure customary land tenure is always at the forefront of national and local debates about development and wellbeing.

A Critique of Incorporated Land Groups

OUR RESOURCES - THEIR PROFITS

On 14 Jun, 2019 By ACTNOW

It is time for Papua New Guinea to stop relying on destructive large-scale extractive industries and build an indigenous economy based around our land and our people.

Projects like the ExxonMobil LNG, new mines and large-scale logging don't benefit rural communities or our economy as the revenues and profits are kept overseas while local people suffer the negative social and environmental impacts.

Govt’s Land Grab Agenda Exposed

On 03 Jun, 2019 By ACTNOW

The recently completed National Land Summit is just the latest manoeuvre by government to try and take control of customary land away from communities. That fact is exposed in both the 2019 Budget Statement and the recently published Summit Outcomes [attached below].

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