SABL
Civil Society Petitions Parliament to Stop Illegal Logging
Submitted by ACTNOW on Fri, 26/11/2021 - 12:58
The following petition was presented on the floor of Parliament by the Hon. Gary Juffa, Governor for Oro Province on November 24, 2021
TO THE HONOURABLE SPEAKER AND MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED
The humble petition of the civil societies of Papua New Guinea, respectively showeth;
Illegality and human rights abuses in PNG’s logging industry
Submitted by ACTNOW on Tue, 19/10/2021 - 13:37
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SABL decisions beginning to really bite local communities
Submitted by ACTNOW on Thu, 22/04/2021 - 14:05
An arieal view of forest clearance for oil palm planting in West Pomio
By Paul Pavol
The people of West Pomio in East New Britain Province lost most of their land and forest under the controversial, government-backed, Special Agriculture Business Lease scheme.
Lands Minister must publish full SABL list
Submitted by ACTNOW on Thu, 29/08/2019 - 10:59
ACT NOW! has published an updated version of its sucessful short video 'SABL Scandal Buried and Forgotten' to mark the six year anniversary of the SABL COI findings.
The stain of the SABL land grab is hanging over the head of the new Marape government says Community Advocacy group ACT NOW!
“It is now six years since the Commission of Inquiry reports were presented in Parliament revealing that over 5 million hectares of land had been stolen from the local communities”, says Campaign Manager Eddie Tanago.
SABL Response to UN Due In Seven Days
Submitted by ACTNOW on Thu, 04/04/2019 - 07:11
Source: FRANKLIN KOLMA / Post Courier
THE PNG government now has one week left to give a response to the United Nation’s third letter of concern on the issue of ill-treated SABL – special agriculture business lease.
Government Land Summit is a new corporate land grab
Submitted by ACTNOW on Wed, 20/02/2019 - 03:22The Government is plotting to grab more customary land and hand it to multi-national companies and the commercial banks, says community advocacy group ACT NOW!
“The government has been forced to stop issuing illegal SABL leases but now wants to use the National Land Summit as a cover to find new ways to ‘facilitate access to customary land’ for big business and the banks”, says campaign manger, Eddie Tanago.
Govt. must publish full SABL list
Submitted by ACTNOW on Tue, 22/01/2019 - 07:26
It is one of the world’s biggest illegal land grabs, yet more than 5-years after the government promised to cancel the SABL leases and return the land to its customary owners, the people of Papua New Guinea are still waiting to hear which, if any, leases have been cancelled.
Government must publish full list of SABL leases
Submitted by ACTNOW on Tue, 22/01/2019 - 07:24It is one of the world’s biggest illegal land grabs, yet more than 5-years after the government promised to cancel the SABL leases and return the land to its customary owners, the people of Papua New Guinea are still waiting to hear which, if any, leases have been cancelled.