Court Rulings confirm SABLs null and void
Submitted by ACTNOW on Thu, 27/08/2015 - 11:11
Source: PNG exposed blog
SABL
Will KLK proceed with the corrupt Sepik oil palm deal?
Submitted by ACTNOW on Mon, 24/08/2015 - 09:39Issue of 99-year leases still unclear
Submitted by ACTNOW on Wed, 29/07/2015 - 10:43
Source: The National
Lands Minister Benny Allan admits that the issue of the 99-year land leases has not been fully understood. He made the admission in Parliament yesterday when answering a question from Kairuku-Hiri MP Peter Isoaimo about colonial leases and what was being done about them.
"There's a lot of confusion with the leases," Allan said.
Media Release: ACT NOW! welcomes announcement of APEC forestry meeting in Port Moresby
Submitted by ACTNOW on Mon, 27/07/2015 - 14:09Community advocacy group ACT NOW! welcomes the government’s announcement it will be hosting the Third APEC Meeting of Forestry Ministers in Port Moresby in October.
“This is the first APEC Ministers meeting to be held in Papua New Guinea and will be an excellent opportunity to remind the region of our government’s terrible record on the SABL land grab and illegal logging” says ACT NOW! Campaign Coordinator, Eddie Tanago.
SABL issue explained in new Fact Sheet for communities
Submitted by ACTNOW on Wed, 08/07/2015 - 09:32Even though the Commission of Inquiry into the land grab has found the SABL process was flawed, land grabbing continues while nothing has been done to cancel the leases and return the land to customary owners. Many communities are still not aware of what SABL is and how customary land is being stolen.
The SABL issue is simplified in this Fact Sheet for use in awareness at the community level.
New radio advertisement targets PM to push on cancelation of fraudulent leases
Submitted by ACTNOW on Fri, 05/06/2015 - 10:17A new radio advertisement calling for an end to illegal SABL logging is hitting the airwaves in PNG.
This advert is sponsored by ACT NOW! and is currently playing on the popular YumiFM radio station.
Stop the SABL land grab now!!
Fraudulent agricultural leases have been used to steal over 5 million hectares of forest from customary owners. That is over 10% of PNG's total land area.
"When will the PM Peter O'Neill revoke the leases and stop the SABLs?"
New billboard pokes fun at O'Neill's inaction on SABL land grab
Submitted by ACTNOW on Thu, 04/06/2015 - 07:52
A new cartoon highlighting the failure of the Prime Minister Peter O'Neill to take any action over the SABL land grab has been strategically placed on a billboard right outside his Departmental office.
Lawrence Kalinoe's astonishing defence of the unlawful SABL land grab rewrites history and ignores the law
Submitted by ACTNOW on Mon, 25/05/2015 - 10:01
Picture: Secretary for Justice, Lawrence Kalinoe. Photo courtesy of emtv.com
Special Task Force to implement SABL recommendations
Submitted by ACTNOW on Tue, 19/05/2015 - 12:09Any action by the government to address the SABL land grab and illegal logging is very welcome - but landowners have been waiting two years, not six months as the Chief Secretary claims...
By Jack Lapauve Jr – EM TV, Port Moresby
The inquiry into the Special Agriculture Business Leases (SABL) has been taken over by an Independent Task Force Team.
Sunday Chronicle Editorial: Government acts on SABL recommendations
Submitted by ACTNOW on Mon, 18/05/2015 - 00:00
