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Demand for action on log export price revelations

On 05 Jun, 2025 By ACTNOW

Eddie Tanago | Campaign Manager

ACT NOW is calling on the Prime Minister and regulatory agencies to take urgent action to address the huge discrepancies in log export values revealed in a recent report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Demand for action on K6 billion log export price discrepancy

On 04 Jun, 2025 By ACTNOW

Community advocacy organisation ACT NOW is calling on the Prime Minister and regulatory agencies to take urgent action to address the huge discrepancies in log export values revealed in a recent report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Caritas: Logging must change in Papua New Guinea!

On 04 Jun, 2025 By ACTNOW

By Fr. Giorgio Licini, Caritas PNG Advocacy

Tavolo community secures cancellation of SABL lease

On 02 Jun, 2025 By ACTNOW

By FORCERT

In Papua New Guinea, approximately 97% of land is customary, collectively controlled by clans, tribes and communities. This land serves as the foundation of life and security for the country’s rural communities, and is protected from alienation except under special circumstances, with the communities’ consent.

Trade data analysis reinforces claims of huge log export pricing fraud

On 29 May, 2025 By ACTNOW

A new report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime provides evidence Papua New Guinea could be missing out on billions of Kina in taxes and royalties from the logging industry.

UNODC report reveals US$1.5 billion hole in PNG’s log export income

On 29 May, 2025 By ACTNOW

A new report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime reveals a US$1.5 billion discrepancy in the pricing of log exports from Papua New Guinea.

The report is based on a ‘mirror analysis’ of official trade data from PNG and the Republic of China, which is the primary destination for PNG log exports.

UN Committee urged to act on rights violations and illegal logging

On 27 May, 2025 By ACTNOW

ACT NOW! and Jubilee Australia Research Centre are urging a United Nations Committee to act on human rights violations in PNG arising from illegal logging. The organisations have filed a formal request to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to consider taking urgent action at its next meeting in August. Bismarck Ramu Group has also endorsed the action.

From Extraction to Inclusion: A Bold Call for Real Development in Papua New Guinea

On 26 May, 2025 By Cathy Tukne

Papua New Guinea (PNG) stands at a crossroads. For decades, its development narrative has been dominated by resource extraction gold, copper, oil, gas, timber, and palm oil, promising prosperity but delivering inequality. While foreign corporations profit, most Papua New Guineans remain marginalized, their environments scarred, and their futures uncertain.

UN Committee urged to act on rights violations and illegal logging

On 26 May, 2025 By ACTNOW

ACT NOW! and Jubilee Australia Research Centre are urging a United Nations Committee to act on human rights violations in PNG arising from illegal logging. The organisations have filed a formal request to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to consider taking action at its next meeting in August. Bismarck Ramu Group has also endorsed the action.

“We have stressed to the UN that there is pervasive, ongoing and irreparable harm to customary resource owners whose forests are being stolen by logging companies,” says Eddie Tanago, ACT NOW! Campaign Manager.

Malaysian Logging and Colonialism in Sandaun and PNG

On 22 May, 2025 By Eddie Tanago

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