Model of Development

Wafi-Golpu Pipeline Corridor

On 01 Dec, 2022 By ACTNOW

By Customary Land Advocate

The Wafi-Golpu Pipeline corridor will run from the mine site in the mountains of Wampar Local Level Government (LLG) area right through to Lae City and then onto the coastline of Wagang village in Ahi LLG area and finally into the sea of the Huon Gulf. Along the way this pipeline will run through mostly customary lands of the peoples of Wampar and Ahi LLG areas, and only a small portion will run on state land.

Critical Analysis of Carbon Trading

Human Rights Complaint Filed Over Newcrest’s Plans To Dump Waste In PNG

On 22 Nov, 2022 By ACTNOW

Human rights complaint filed over Newcrest’s plans to dump waste in PNG

Source: No to Wafi Golpu DSTP

BUDGET MUST DELIVER SUBSTANTIAL ICAC FUNDING

On 16 Nov, 2022 By ACTNOW

Papua New Guinea’s long-awaited Independent Commission Against Corruption must be allocated substantial funding in the 2023 Budget if the government is to make good on its anti-corruption promises.

Community advocacy group ACT NOW! stressed this, as the 2023 Budget sitting fast approaches.

“The Prime Minister has promised a fully functioning ICAC by 2023”, says ACT NOW! Campaign Manager Eddie Tanago.

“But there are two crucial pieces of the jigsaw that are missing, “ Tanago said.

Pacific groups welcome calls to ban deep sea mining

On 10 Nov, 2022 By ACTNOW

Carbon trading will not stop global warming but will entrench global inequality

On 09 Nov, 2022 By ACTNOW

Carbon trading, which is being heavily promoted in Papua New Guinea, will not help reduce global warming and instead risks implicating indigenous communities in the obsessive overconsumption in wealthier countries that is destroying the planet.

Carbon trading is just one more example of greenwashing being used by big corporations and foreign governments to cover up their failure to cut greenhouse gas emissions and their ongoing destruction of the natural environment.

Carbon trading will not stop global warming but will entrench global inequality

On 09 Nov, 2022 By ACTNOW

Celebrating and Defending Customary Land

Tavolo community granted injunction against FCA logging

On 21 Oct, 2022 By ACTNOW

The Tavolo Community Conservation Association from East New Britain have won a major victory against a Malaysian logging company that has been threatening to log their customary forests.

The National Court has granted the Association a temporary injunction suspending a Forest Clearance Authority granted to Mekar (PNG) Limited by the PNG Forest Authority and stopping any large-scale conversion of forest to agriculture or other land use.

NEW Report: THE NEW TIMBER BARONS:The companies logging the rainforest of Papua New Guinea

On 06 Oct, 2022 By ACTNOW

Nearly 70% of Papua New Guinea’s round log exports between 2019 and 2021 were concentrated in the hands of just ten groups of companies, all with strong links to Malaysia, according to new research by Act Now! and Jubilee Australia Research Centre.

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