land grabs

Campaign Launch: Photo Diary

On 18 Apr, 2018 By ACTNOW

ACT NOW! launched its new camapign, titled 'Celebrating and Defending Customary Land', on April 17 in Port Moresby.

More than 30 people attended the launch event, including representatives from ten different media outlets and various civil society groups.

Camera crews set up their recording equipment

Push for Diversification in PNG Agriculture

On 11 Jun, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: Radio New Zealand International

Contested KLK PalmOil Leases Declared Illegal by Papua New Guinea Court

On 22 May, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: Rainforest Action Network

High court sides with Indigenous communities in battle over controversial Malaysian palm oil giant’s plan to develop large areas of ancestral territory and pristine forest

WHOSE LAND IS IT ANYWAY?

On 19 May, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: OurLandOurBusiness

WHOSE LAND IS IT ANYWAY? Right now, millions of people are being thrown off their land because large corporations are being given special rights. The World Bank is driving this destructive trend with its Doing Business rankings, which force countries to compete with each other to do away with things like environmental protections, workers rights and corporation taxes. Sign on to demand the abolition of the rankings.

Follow Link to sign;http://ourlandourbusiness.org/#home

Governments crushing their own

On 06 May, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: Cathrine Wilson, Inter Press Service

The global spectre of state violence against political dissent, with paramilitary law enforcement units advancing against citizens they are employed to protect in cities such as Cairo, Bangkok and Kiev is daily news. But in some developing countries, the police are being used to put down indigenous opposition to the alliance of state and corporate power over resource extraction.

Australian Banks accused of financing illegal activities!

On 28 Apr, 2014 By Elizabeth1