New Campaign Seeks End to Ocean Mine Waste Dumping
Submitted by ACTNOW on Thu, 08/03/2018 - 05:42
Photo: MCC dumps waste from the Ramu mine into Basamuk Bay
Ditch Ocean Dumping coalition calls on Citigroup to divest from mines tied to the practice
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Agri-tourism a big opportunity for Papua New Guinea
Submitted by ACTNOW on Wed, 31/01/2018 - 10:18
A PNG potato farmer. Source: EMTEK Multi-Media
Source: Sarah Byrne, Business Advantage PNG
With the focus on major resources projects, Papua New Guinea is missing the opportunity to develop a thriving agri-tourism sector, Papua New Guinea Women in Agricultural Development Foundation (PNGWiADF) President, Maria Linibi tells Business Advantage PNG.
Seabed Mining is an invasion of indigenous livelihoods
Submitted by ACTNOW on Wed, 24/01/2018 - 05:54
Image: Alliance of Solwara Warriors
Source: Caritas Papua New Guinea
Deep sea bed mining is the extraction of metals such as iron, manganese, copper, zinc, lead nickel, cadmium, silver, platinum gold and rare earths from the sea floor.
APEC Minister Organising Huge New Land Grab
Submitted by ACTNOW on Tue, 23/01/2018 - 09:51
The government has yet to cancel all the illegal SABL leases, used to defraud communities of more than 5 million hectares of land but they are already pressing ahead with plans for another land grab; this time with the commercial banks as the beneficiaries.
Forests or the Illegal Logger – Who is Really Under Threat?
Submitted by ACTNOW on Wed, 29/11/2017 - 10:54
A bulldozer flattens the earth after forests have been cleared in West Pomio. Local landowners are protesting against the biggest land grab in PNG history. Under a lease system called SABLs (special agricultural and business leases) forests are being destroyed and customary land is being stolen. Credit: Paul Hilton/Greenpeace.
Winning Silverbacks rugby sevens team to promote ACT NOW! campaigns
Submitted by ACTNOW on Thu, 23/11/2017 - 17:14
The Silverbacks rugby sevens team has been presented with training tops and t-shirts bearing the ACT NOW! name and logo in recognition of their successful run through several Port Moresby tournaments.
The team will be wearing the tops at training and in their pre-game warm ups to promote ACT NOW! and it campaigns to the rugby crazy community in the Nation’s capital.
Pomio locals mobilise to stop logging giant
Submitted by ACTNOW on Mon, 06/11/2017 - 11:30
Photo shows an earlier (December 2016) protest by people in Pomata against logging
Malaysian logging giant Rimbunan Hijau (RH) is continuing it's efforts to log in the Pomata SABL area in the Pomio District. Local people say this is despite a court decision ordering all logging operations to stop pending the outcome of a court challenge to the logging permit.
Agriculture summit welcomed but will it focus on the right areas?
Submitted by ACTNOW on Thu, 02/11/2017 - 06:59Rural Farmers Need Govt Support - Not Foreign Owned Agri-businesses
Community advocacy group ACT NOW! wants Papua New Guinea's first ever National Agriculture Summit to be focused on helping Papua New Guinea’s 3 million rural farmers and not on assisting large foreign owned industries to grab more customary land.