SABL

PM's announcement on SABL's increasing landowners frustration and anger

On 10 Feb, 2014 By rait man

Govt to cancel SABLs obtained illegally

On 07 Feb, 2014 By rait man

By Isaac Nicholas in Post Courier

THE national government will start cancelling special agriculture business leases (SABL) that were acquired illegally and restart the process with strict guidelines to protect landowners.

Prime Minister Peter O’Neill told a FM 100 Talkback show yesterday that Cabinet has appointed a ministerial committee headed by Forest Minister Patrick Pruaitch and relevant industry ministers of Lands (Benny Allen) and Agriculture (Tommy Tomscoll) to take note of the SABL Inquiry report and implement its recommendations.

Pacific land grab among worlds worst says expert

On 06 Feb, 2014 By rait man

From ABC Radio Australia

An international expert on land-grabbing says the Pacific has some of the world's worst examples of the practice.

Land-grabbing happens when, usually foreign companies, buy or lease large tracts of land for a pittance robbing traditional owners of a birthright that has been theirs for generations and which should be providing an economic future for their children.

PNG NGO i tok ripot blong SABL i kisim longpla taem

On 05 Feb, 2014 By rait man

By John Papik on Radio Australia

Wanpela Papua New Guinea NGO, ACT NOW! i sapotim ripot blong SABL olsem gavman imas hariap nau na rausim planti korap tok oraet oa agriman em oli bin givim igo long ol bisnis man long lisim graon blong ol igo long ol foran kampani.

Stealing The Great Rainforests Of PNG

On 05 Feb, 2014 By rait man

By Jo Chandler in The Global Mail

Only the Amazon and Congo basins rival Papua New Guinea for pristine tropical wilderness. But 5 million hectares of its jungle is under threat from foreign land grabs and back-door logging. The PNG Government is under intense pressure to tear up illegal leases – but the chainsaws haven’t paused.

PNG land inquiry boss calls for leases to be revoked

On 05 Feb, 2014 By rait man

From Jemima Garrett on Australia Network News

The chairman of Papua New Guinea's land scandal inquiry says flawed leases over millions of hectares of traditional land need to be revoked.

PNG NGO's question value of PM's land taskforce

On 04 Feb, 2014 By Tim

ABC Radio Australia

Non-government organisations in Papua New Guinea are concerned that nothing will come of Prime Minister Peter O'Neill's task force set up to examine findings of the Commission of Inquiry into the PNG's land scandal.

Over a decade more than 5 million hectares of land, belonging to tens of thousands of traditional landowners was leased out, in many cases without their consent.

The Commission of Inquiry was so concerned it recommended 66 of the 75 leases it investigated be revoked.

ACT NOW! backs Numapo’s call for PM to revoke illegal leases

On 04 Feb, 2014 By rait man

Community advocacy group ACT NOW! is backing the call from the leader of the SABL Commission of Inquiry for the Prime Minister to immediately revoke illegal SABL leases.

The head of the Commission of Inquiry, John Numapo, says it is clear the leases should be revoked because they are illegal. He says there can be no excuse for the government sitting on the Commission recommendations, which were presented to the Prime Minister 6 months ago.

Effrey Dademo, Program Manager for ACT NOW! agrees.

PNG Land Inquiry Commissioner wants action on flawed leases

On 03 Feb, 2014 By rait man

From ABC Radio Australia

The Chairman of Papua New Guinea's land scandal Inquiry says action is needed to revoke flawed leases over millions of hectares of traditional land.

Three Commissioners took more than a year to investigate how 11 per cent of the country's land mass was leased out and if landowners had given their consent.

Many of the leases are for 99 years.

Storebrand pulls out from the palm oil industry

On 26 Jan, 2014 By rait man

Storebrand, the largest private pension fund in the Nordic region, is divesting its shares in eleven of the twelve palm oil companies in which it is invested. ”A victory for the rainforest and a crystal clear signal to the palm oil industry”, declares Rainforest Foundation Norway.

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