land grab

New advertisement - Stop the land theft!

On 28 Apr, 2011 By Effrey

More »

Lands Secretary response on agriculture leases fails to address the real issue

On 25 Apr, 2011 By Effrey

While addressing members of the media and NGO groups, on Thursday 21st April, the Acting Secretary for the Department of Lands, Romilly Kila-Pat, made comments to the effect that the State has no control over business dealings between customary landowners and foreign businesses after a Special Agricultural Business Lease (SABL) title is registered.

This statement missed the point completely and failed to address the main issue and surrounding the controversial SABLs issued over 5.2 million hectares customary land throughout Papua New Guinea.

More »

ACT NOW! calls on government to end land grab leases

On 24 Apr, 2011 By Effrey

In a conference last Wednesday, the Lands Department vowed to take action on land deals in Papua New Guinea - deals in which control of more than 5 million hectares of land, 10% of PNGs land mass, has been taken away from local people and given to corporations.

While Acting Lands Secretary, Romilly Kila Pat, might have been personally sincere in his call to address the issues, he also said it was going to be a “long process”.

More »

Scientists urge Papua New Guinea to declare moratorium on massive forest clearing

On 20 Apr, 2011 By rait man

By Jeremy Hance

More »

IFC part of the new neo-colonial land grab

On 16 Feb, 2011 By tok stret

With the International Finance Corporation (IFC) proudly trumpeting its expansion in Papua New Guinea we should all be aware of its true mission on behalf of the global elite and the world's richest corporations and nations.

Papua New Guinea is already beginning to suffer from the new neo-colonial landgrab with 5 million hectares having being seized in Special Agricuture Business Leases, and the IFC is in the thick of this global phenomena, as the article below by Ava Danlog explains.

 

More »

Pages

Subscribe to land grab