West Pomio SABL Damages Assessment K2.4 billion
Submitted by ACTNOW on Tue, 03/07/2018 - 06:54Communities affected by three Special Agricuture Business Leases in the West Pomio District of East New Britain Province have assessed the economic damage caused by logging and oil palm planting at more than K2.4 billion.
The damages assessment has been compiled by seventeen communities that have lost 42,400 hectares of customary land under the Pomata, Ralopal and Nakiura leases.