SABL

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.

What is the delay in canceling the illegal SABL leases?

On 24 Jan, 2014 By Tim

SABL – An outstanding issue for PM O’Neill

On 23 Jan, 2014 By rait man

By Pasifika Media Wardrobes

The Special Agriculture and Business Lease (SABL) concept was found as a failed and illegal land scheme for Papua New Guineans and the many local landowners that underwent the concept of land leases.

Since the tabling of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the SABL in October 2013, Prime Minister Peter O’Neill promised that the reports were to be made public and action would be taken immediately.

Rimbunan Hijau, the SABL puppeteer

On 23 Jan, 2014 By rait man

From PNGExposed

You wont be reading this in The National (The Daily Log), here is one of the key findings of the Commission of Inquiry into the SABL land grab:

Illegal logging a concern in Ramu

On 17 Jan, 2014 By rait man

From Joey Tau writing on PNG Edge

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