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Carbon Black: A conspiracy thriller about REDD in Papua New Guinea

On 17 Jan, 2015 By Elizabeth1

Source: The ecologist

PNG police brutality highlights troublesome link to loggers

On 23 Oct, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: Radio New Zealand

Originally aired on Thursday 16 Oct 2014

Calls continue for Papua New Guinea police working for logging companies to be removed amid unresolved claims of police brutality against landowner communities opposed to logging.

Allegations by some East New Britain landowners that they were intimidated and assaulted among other abuses by police attached to a logging company remain unresolved.

India Plans Huge Palm Oil Expansion, Forests At Risk

On 16 Oct, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Picture: Notice board at Mizoram

Source: The Epoch Times

PNG Governors concerned about land grabbing

On 15 Oct, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: Radio New Zealand

PNG gavman inot tingting bikpela long lukautim peles: Ken Mondiai

On 29 Sep, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Picture: Logging i bagarapim wara long Inaina Wildlife management Area long Kairuku Hiri District long Central province (PWM Photo)

Source: ABC Radio Australia

Direkta blong dispela NGO grup Partners With Melanesians, Ken Mondiai i sutim strongpela toktok long PNG gavman na ol agensi blongen i nating putim strongpela tingting long konsevesen wok long kantri.

Sandaun wants license

On 12 Sep, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: The National

The West Sepik provincial government is seeking a licence from the Government to export logs.

Acting Governor Paul Negai told Forest Minister Douglas Tomuriesa and PNG Forest Authority managing director Kanawi Pouru during their visit to the province on Monday that West Sepik wanted to export its own logs.

PNG Forest authority to become self-reliant

On 10 Sep, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: The National

PORT MORESBY, PNG ---- Papua New Guinea Forest Minister Douglas Tomuriesa intends to the make the PNG Forest Authority self-reliant.

He told Parliament last Friday that the National Executive Council has agreed that the authority became a self-financing organisation.

Loggers to be taken to task

On 09 Sep, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: PNG Loop

MP calls for investigation into logging company

On 08 Sep, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Picture: Manus MP, Roney Knight

Source:The National

MANUS MP Ronny Knight wants the PNG Forest Authority to scrutinise a logging company that has been operating in his electorate and is now bidding to go into agro-forestry.

Knight raised that in Parliament last Friday, stating that the same company has been logging in Manus for the last 25 years.

Logging industry reaping us off, says Tomuriesa

On 07 Sep, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: Post Courier

THE forest industry in PNG remains a "loggers" industry without much down stream processing, Forest Minister Douglas Tomuriesa told Parliament on Friday. Mr Tomuriesa, in a ministerial statement entitled "Status of forest industry in PNG", said only about 15 percent of exports is in the form of timber while the rest are exported as unprocessed logs.

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Direkta blong dispela NGO grup Partners With Melanesians, Ken Mondiai i sutim strongpela toktok long PNG gavman na ol agensi blongen i nating putim strongpela tingting long konsevesen wok long kantri.

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