logging

Major land scandal

On 24 Oct, 2011 By rait man

Post Courier Editorial

Greenpeace yesterday sailed into remote Pomio in East New Britain to mediate allegations of land grab in the area. 

Papua New Guinea faces logging threat

On 22 Oct, 2011 By rait man

By Dr Craig Thorburn*

Civil Society calls on government to act on SABL logging

On 21 Oct, 2011 By rait man

This full-page advertisement appeared in the daily newspapers in Papua New Guinea today, 21 October 2011, in support of the campaign for the suspension of logging inside Special-purpose Agriculture and Business lease areas. You can send an email in support of the campaign here - ACT NOW!

Help stop an environmental and human rights disaster

On 21 Oct, 2011 By Effrey With 1 Comments

Your help is needed to STOP an environmental and human rights DISASTER.

Two million hectares of forest are being clear-felled within Special-purpose agriculture lease areas in PNG despite gowing evidence the leases and the logging are totally illegal and cause irreversible environmental damage.

Police attack villagers protesting land grab

On 09 Oct, 2011 By rait man

Reports from Rovang village in the Pomio area of East New Britain say that young men protesting against logging have been beaten by police with fan belts and tree branches, according to the PNG Exposed blog.

It is alleged that an aircraft from Tropic Air, operated by notorious Malaysian logging company Rimbunan Hijau, flew the police into Palmalmal from Kokopo. Kokopo police said they were not aware of this.

In defense of customary land in Papua New Guinea

On 15 Aug, 2011 By rait man

By Martyn Namorong

The phrase “landowner issues” is a misnomer and gives the wrong impression that Papua New Guineas traditional land owners are somehow a deterrent to progress. Next week I travel to the Lower Ramu region to see for myself the land of a rainforest tribe of New Guinea being taken from them without proper consent.

Bikpela bagarap - the human face of logging in Papua New Guinea

On 19 Jul, 2011 By rait man

Bikpela Bagarap is a new documentary film revealing the human face of logging in Papau New Guinea.

PNG is home to one of the richest rainforests in the world but today remains one of the few countries that still allows the export of raw logs, and this is greatly exploited by Asian logging companies. The World Bank estimates that 70% of all logging in Papua New Guinea is illegal, although most unofficial sources put the rate even higher than that.

PMs land reform promises a sham

On 21 Jun, 2011 By rait man

 By Peter Korugl*

  On May 5, Acting Prime Minister Sam Abal announced that a Commission of Inquiry (COI) was to be established into the issue of Special Agricultural and Business Leases (SABLs) over customary land in Papua New Guinea. 

Abal said the COI would investigate the granting of SABLs to ensure that all legal requirements were followed and that the leases were being used for the purposes intended in the Lands Act. 

Should PNG follow the Congo and publish all resource contracts online?

On 07 Jun, 2011 By rait man

The Bloomberg news service is reporting the Democratic Republic of Congo will make all resource contracts public within 60 days of signing (see below).

Like PNG, the Congo has large mineral, oil and timber reserves and like PNG, a lack of transparency and corruption are two of the problems blighting the resource sector.

The initiative in the Congo could therefore provide an interesting example for PNG to follow.

SABL Land Grab: Open letter to the Acting Prime Minister

On 26 May, 2011 By rait man

This full page advert appeared in today's Post Courier newspaper in Papua New Guinea.

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