Model of Development

Consider the Environment

On 02 Aug, 2023 By ACTNOW

PC: Janelle Lugg (Getty_PNG Pomio)

John Maine | The National | Letters | 1.08.2023

Papua New Guinea is blessed with a beautiful landmass with a wide range of virgin rainforest covering thousands of square kilometers.

Open Letter to the Prime Minister on log exports and downstream processing

On 31 May, 2023 By ACTNOW

This is the text of an Open Letter to the Prime Minister published by ACT NOW in the Post Courier newspaper.

Dear Prime Minister,

ACT NOW! is an advocacy organization that promotes a “gut pela sindaun blong olgeta” – a just and equitable society for all Papua New Guineans.

Corruption- who is to blame?

On 29 May, 2023 By ACTNOW

Post Courier Editorial

Are the voters responsible for the corruption in the country?

Health Minister and Member for Wabag Dr Lino Tom seems to think so and he is partly right in his public statement on the matter in this newspaper last month.

Giving Away PNG - Special Economic Zones: Economic Development or Resource Grab?

On 12 May, 2023 By ACTNOW

PNG Environmental Alliance

Lending companies providing millions to companies involved in destructive rainforest logging

On 10 May, 2023 By ACTNOW

In the last eight years, two finance companies and one equipment retailer have provided financing to at least 15 companies that are logging in PNG’s rainforests, new research by Act Now! and Jubilee Australia reveals.

Lending to the Loggers: How the non-bank sector is financing forest destruction

Landowners 'conned into giving land away'

On 08 May, 2023 By ACTNOW

Ramu BlocK 3 FMA. Source: Facebook.

The National | Letters | By Maus blo Garamut, Madang (May 4th 2023)

SINCE last year, the Papua New Guinea Forest Authority’s (PNGFA) Project Acquisition branch has been working to acquire forest areas in Madang and around the country.

And in this process, the rights of the landowner have been trampled on.

PNG’s Real Economy

On 03 May, 2023 By ACTNOW

Economic discussions in PNG are always centered on extractive industries such as natural gas, mining, logging, tuna, and large-scale agriculture. However, these export-orientated industries are tiny when compared to PNG’s real mainstream economy, “small farming”.

Studies into rural livelihoods over the past decade show that customary land is highly productive, but its output and impact are neither measured properly nor publicly recognized.

Log Export Volume Increase Despite Prime Minister's Log Ban Promises

On 26 Apr, 2023 By ACTNOW

The recently released 2022 SGS report regarding log exports in Papua New Guinea largely contradicts the Marape Government’s pledge to reduce round log exports and cease the issuing of new licenses to foreign owned logging companies.

Log export volume increases despite Prime Minister’s log ban promises

On 26 Apr, 2023 By ACTNOW

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