The Papua New Guinea government has failed to answer questions from the United Nations over the misuse of Forest Clearing Authority (FCA) logging licences and controversial SABL land leases.

ACT NOW! has published a new Risk Alert examining the compliance risk environment surrounding the KK Connections corporate group, one of PNG’s largest forestry operators.

ACT NOW! supports the call from the Special Parliamentary Committee on Public sector Reform for ‘immediate and nonnegotiable structural, punitive and legislative reforms’ in the forestry sector.

ACT NOW! is taking legal action against the PNG Forest Authority to secure the release of information about large-scale logging operations.

Kastom Giraun: New book and website celebrate the importance of customary land

ACT NOW! is calling on the PNG Forest Authority to publish the complete log export data for 2024 and 2025.

UNCERD is calling for answers from the government over its cancellation of SABL leases and the illegal use of Forest Clearing Authorities

Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister has told the world that his nation will end its export of tropical round logs by the end of 2025, but implementation of that promise rests with the PNG Forest Authority which critics say does not have a good track record for controlling the logging industry.

As the Prime Minister heads to the COP30 meeting in Brazil where he will once again urge the international community to pay for the preservation of Papua New Guine’s vital rainforests, back home their is confusion over how much of PNG’s forest is being destroyed by the logging industry.

The National Forest Board’s failure to stop the illegal FCA forest grab is undermining the Prime Minister’s commitment to protecting Papua New Guinea’s tropical forests, says community advocacy group Act Now! Speaking at the United Nations in New York the Prime Minister has reminded the world of