Model of Development

Juffa: Focus on our land, return to our roots

On 21 Apr, 2016 By ACTNOW

Source: Post Courier

The drop in commodity prices is a great lesson for Papua New Guinea which has relied too much on the extractive industries, says Northern Governor Gary Juffa.

Forest Minister fails to discredit critical analysis

On 20 Apr, 2016 By ACTNOW

The Forest Minister has taken out full page adverts in the media this month [see below] trying to refute allegations of illegal logging and financial misreporting by the logging industry. But his lengthy explanations fail to answer the central allegations and many of his admissions actually add weight to the arguments he is trying to dispute!

Who is UK firm Adam Smith International working for in PNG?

On 13 Apr, 2016 By ACTNOW

Adam Smith staff celebrate

Source: PNG Exposed

Who is Adam Smith International working for when it writes laws and policies in PNG - the people of PNG or its foreign paymasters? And how much do it's staff and owners benefit personally?

PNG Ways: hybrid livelihoods and human development

On 02 Apr, 2016 By ACTNOW

Summary of paper given at the 2015 Waigani Seminar, by Tim Anderson

Land grabbing, illegal logging and seabed mining raised in Geneva

On 31 Mar, 2016 By ACTNOW

The government’s human rights record and its failure to protect the interests of customary landowners is under the spotlight in Switzerland this week.

Community advocacy group ACT NOW! is in Geneva briefing diplomats at the United Nations on the SABL land grab, illegal logging and experimental seabed mining.

SABL land grab, illegal logging and seabed mining on the agenda in Geneva

On 30 Mar, 2016 By ACTNOW

The government’s human rights record and its failure to protect the interests of customary landowners is under the spotlight in Switzerland this week.

Community advocacy group ACT NOW! is in Geneva briefing diplomats at the United Nations on the SABL land grab, illegal logging and experimental seabed mining.

“The PNG government must appear before the United Nations Human Rights Council in May as part of a process called a Universal Periodic Review (UPR)” explains Eddie Tanago, Campaign Coordinator with ACT NOW!

Vanuatu: Another Kind of Wealth

On 25 Mar, 2016 By ACTNOW

Source: The Christensen Fund

In the language of modern economics, the small island nation of Vanuatu in the South Pacific is labeled one of the world’s ‘least developed countries’. At the same time, Vanuatu has ranked number one on the pioneering Happy Planet Index. This incongruity points to major issues with today’s standard measures of human progress, and has many policymakers rethinking notions of wealth and how they shape development policy.

Where is the justice? how our courts aid grand corruption

On 24 Mar, 2016 By ACTNOW

Papua New Guinea Correctional Service, Bomana Prison

Source: PNG Exposed Blogs

Here we go again. It appears there is a two-tier justice system, one for the poor and one for the rich.

Earlier this month the National Court sentenced a Bank of South Pacific employee David Poholi to five years imprisonment with hard labour, for misappropriating K688,000 from his employer, BSP.

Government must seriously address illegal logging

On 21 Mar, 2016 By ACTNOW

Source: Cosmas Makamet, PNG Eco-Forestry Forum

Losing Papua New Guinea's rainforest

On 09 Mar, 2016 By ACTNOW

Source: ABC News

An area of Papua New Guinea's internationally significant rainforests in excess of the size of Australia's entire Wet Tropics Heritage Area in north Queensland has been cleared or logged in the 10 years to 2014, a new report has found.

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