Papua New Guinea

Special agriculture lease still a thorny issue

On 14 Jan, 2015 By Elizabeth1

'Passing the buck' like everyone else again. fact remains that the PNG Forest Authority is the government body mandated to issue all FCA's and not the Lands Department. Thus, the PNGFA should see it as thier responsibility to cancel any FCA's that have been issued to illegal SABL(s).

SABL(s) have been deemed illegal but why is it that logging is continuing? Is it becuase the FCA's are still valid?

Source: The National

SABL case still before courts

On 13 Jan, 2015 By Elizabeth1

Picture: Children play at Log pond in Turubu bay, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Photo Coutesy of Oakland Istitute

Source: Post Courier

O'Neill's illegal logging: 567 days and counting...

On 12 Jan, 2015 By Elizabeth1

Source: PNG exposed

As the world gets back to work in 2015 there has still been NO ACTION to cancel the huge SABL land grab, revoke the unlawful leases or stop the illegal logging in Papua New Guinea.

It is now 567 days since Prime Minister Peter O’Neill was told that the SABL leases were unlawful and should be cancelled.

Bougainville government 'too concerned with mining and neglecting agriculture'

On 12 Jan, 2015 By Elizabeth1

"The government is so concerned about the mineral sector and has relegated agriculture to the back burner"

FARMER: COCOA NOT GETTING ATTENTION

Picture: Growing cocoa. courtesy of the World Agriculture blog.

Source: Post-Courier

JUFFA: FREEDOM is long overdue for West Papua

On 12 Jan, 2015 By Elizabeth1

Source: Papua New Guinea Today

BUILDING PNG ON DESTRUCTION

On 08 Jan, 2015 By Elizabeth1

Source: 'Red Soil'

“The government’s building our country by destroying it?” That’s the question posed by Sambun, an elderly man in the middle of the Wewak town market, which heated up a discussion that broke out between customers and the venders about what type of development, mines are to our country. (Picture below-right: Freda river courtesy of mining.com)

Bougainville's President Momis must explain widespread financial mismanagement

On 07 Jan, 2015 By Elizabeth1

Source: PNG Mine Watch

Belkol to repay PLA's debt

On 07 Jan, 2015 By Elizabeth1

Source: Special Bougainville Correspondent

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WE CHASED YOU OUT! NO COAL MINING!

On 06 Jan, 2015 By Elizabeth1

Landowners stand up for their land in an attempt to spread the word that coal and any kind of mining, regardless of the governments commitment to foreign investment, is not welcomed on their (the people's) customary owned land.

Source: 'Red soil'

Australian government has known for 25 years that mining will not deliver benefits for PNG people

On 06 Jan, 2015 By Elizabeth1

Source:PNG Mine Watch

Australia’s political leadership has spent decades promoting large-scale mining in PNG while carefully suppressing advice from experienced civil servants warning that the extractive industries will ‘not deliver lasting development for the majority of PNG’s population’.

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Landowners stand up for their land in an attempt to spread the word that coal and any kind of mining, regardless of the governments commitment to foreign investment, is not welcomed on their (the people's) customary owned land.

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