PNG's Timber Barons: #4 - Vanimo Jaya Cluster
Submitted by ACTNOW on Tue, 04/04/2023 - 14:22
Vanimo Jaya Cluster (From"The New Timber Baron Report")
Model of Development
Landowners say Forest Authority acting suspiciously
Submitted by ACTNOW on Mon, 03/04/2023 - 15:35
Landowners from the Ramu Block 3 area of Madang Province have accused the PNG Forest Authority of ignoring their wishes in allocating logging rights over their forests.
The landowners say the PNGFA has refused to hand over key documents for their inspection and they are suspicious about what the Forest Authority is trying to hide. The landowners also say the PNGFA has ignored a formal petition submitted by the group (copied below).
Minister ignoring community opposition to seabed mining
Submitted by ACTNOW on Sat, 01/04/2023 - 12:06
Reilly Kanamon | Social justice advocate | via The National
WE do not know why it was so difficult for the mining minister to respond to concerns from maritime communities in the Bismack Sea regarding seabed mining issues.
Since the new miner Deep Sea Mining (DSM) Finance started pursuing the reopening of the Solwara project, the communities opposed it.
PNG's Timber Barons: # 3 The Rimbunan Hijau Group
Submitted by Eddie Tanago on Thu, 30/03/2023 - 11:53Rimbunan Hijau (RH) Group (From"The New Timber Baron Report")
PNG's Timber Barons: #2 - The KK Connections Cluster
Submitted by ACTNOW on Mon, 06/03/2023 - 15:06KK Connections Limited
- Number of concessions (1993-2021): 15
- Total Log export (2019-21): 991,615 m3
- Market share of log export (2019-21): 10%
KK Connection Cluster (From"The New Timber Baron Report")
PNG's Timber Barons: #1 - The WTK Cluster
Submitted by ACTNOW on Mon, 27/02/2023 - 15:56WTK HOLDINGS
- Number of Logging Concessions (1993-2021): 19
- Total Log Exports (2019-2021): 1.3 million cubic meters
- Market share of all log exports (2019-2021): 14%
WTK Cluster ( from "The New Timber Baron Report")
Multiple logging projects appear to be defying court ban
Submitted by ACTNOW on Wed, 22/02/2023 - 16:16
Map showing location of log exporting TRP projects 2019-21
More than thirty large-scale logging projects appear to be operating in defiance of a Court ban issued by the Deputy Chief Justice in June 2021. Together the logging operations accounted for 40% of Papua New Guinea’s total log exports in the twelve months from July 2021.
Corruption costing billions and costing the economy
Submitted by ACTNOW on Thu, 16/02/2023 - 17:21Papua New Guinea’s latest corruption score is a damning indictment of the government’s failure to properly fund anti-corruption agencies and it confirms PNG as one of the most corrupt country in the world.
CORRUPTION COSTING BILLION AND COSTING THE ECONOMY
Submitted by ACTNOW on Thu, 16/02/2023 - 14:55Papua New Guinea’s latest corruption score is a damning indictment of the government’s failure to properly fund anti-corruption agencies and it confirms PNG as one of the most corrupt country in the world.
The recently published Transparency International Corruption Perception Index (CPI) shows PNG’s ranking has dropped six places from 124 th to 130 th out of 180 countries . PNG’s CPI index score which is based on public sector corruption has dropped from 31 in 2021 to 30 in 2022.
Govt silence on Maserati Deal is the worst case for PNG.
Submitted by Cathy Tukne on Tue, 31/01/2023 - 12:44
Papua New Guinea has a problem. The Pangu-led government’s silence on a major breakdown in decision-making speaks volumes on the lack of leadership quality and the stance of the current government in fighting corruption.
As exposed last week, an estimated K20 million (AU$8 million) has gone to waste on the purchase of expensive and unnecessary Maserati sports cars, yet no one is being held accountable.