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SABL Commission of Inquiry

Govt ignores Human Rights envoys over SABL land grab

On 14 Jun, 2016 By ACTNOW

East Sepik calls for government action on SABL land grab

On 01 Jun, 2016 By ACTNOW

Wamsok locals from East Sepik have made their stand to the government to cancel all SABL leases and return land back to landowners.

After awareness by the Tropical Gem group on SABL and land grab, they realised that ilegal logging has been eating away their forest and land has been taken away from customary landowners under fraudulent SABL leases.

Land Act amendments will endorse illegal land grab

On 01 Jun, 2016 By ACTNOW

The Papua New Guinea government is seeking to use changes to the Land Act to retrospectively endorse a huge illegal land grab covering about 12% of the whole country. Despite the government promoting its new Bill as a move to clean up the administration of land and tackle corruption it will actually have the opposite effect, legitimising and compounding previous illegal acts and depriving a very large number of customary landowners of justice.

Petition calls on Treasurer to investigate logging company tax evasion

On 18 May, 2016 By ACTNOW

A new on-line petition calling on Papua New Guinea’s Treasurer to launch an urgent investigation into the logging industry and its tax record has collected over 800 signatures in just 10 days.

The petition is a response by community advocacy group ACT NOW! to revelations most logging companies operating in Papua New Guinea avoid paying any corporate taxes, depriving the country of hundreds of millions of dollars in potential revenues.

Government must act on international criticism over human rights

On 13 May, 2016 By ACTNOW

Civil society organisations are urging the Papua New Guinea government to take immediate action to end pervasive land grabbing and illegal logging after these issues were highlighted by governments around the world in formal recommendations put before the United Nations yesterday. (1)

PNG government must act on international criticism over human rights abuses against its indigenous peoples

On 13 May, 2016 By ACTNOW

Take action to stop logging industry tax evasion

On 10 May, 2016 By ACTNOW

Papua New Guinea is losing hundreds of millions of dollars in potential government revenue through tax evasion by the logging industry. ACT NOW! is calling on the government to take action - but we need your help!

SEND A MESSAGE TO THE TREASURER NOW

Nations call for action on SABL land grab

On 09 May, 2016 By ACTNOW

The government needs to urgently take action on the SABL land grab and increase scrutiny of the logging industry. This was one of the messages from the international community during a review of human rights in PNG by the United Nations in Geneva on Friday.

Countries from Central and South America, Asia and Europe all spoke of the need for the PNG government to do more to protect the rights of customary landowners.

Civil society reviews PNG UPR outcomes

On 07 May, 2016 By ACTNOW

Photo: Ronny Hansen, Rainforest Foundation Norway

A group of civil society organisations, including ACT NOW!, Global Witness and Rainforest Foundation Norway, held a panel discussion inside the Palace of Nations in Geneva on Friday to review the outcomes from Papua New Guinea’s Universal Periodic Review.

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