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")
Model of Development
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.
New Four-Lane Road from Lae to Nadzab Airport
Submitted by ACTNOW on Tue, 13/12/2022 - 13:32
By Customary Land Advocate.
A much-publicized four-lane road is being constructed by a Chinese company while customary landowners are not aware of what is going on. It is a perverted ploy by the State through its agencies and certain individuals to bring what seems to be a glamorous mode of development to Morobe Province at the expense of people’s customary land.
Wafi-Golpu Special Mining Lease 10
Submitted by ACTNOW on Thu, 08/12/2022 - 13:14
By Land Advocate
Where are the District and Provincial Development plans?
Submitted by Cathy Tukne on Mon, 05/12/2022 - 12:22
Exactly 25 days to 2023 and 96 Districts and 22 Provinces are yet to put together their five-year development plans. An eye-popping K24.56 Billion is budgeted to be spent in fiscal year 2023 and that amount will continue to increase for the next five years.
The question though is, how will the people benefit from those funds and how will the spending translate at province and district levels?