Customary Land

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COVID-19 Reinforces the Value of Customary Land in PNG

On 27 Mar, 2020 By ACTNOW

Market prices in Port Moresby have shot up in recent days, K50 for a medium sized water-melon and K1 for an unripe lemon

Eddie Tanago - 27 March 2020

What are the lessons? Seeing the COVID-19 crisis through a PNG lens

On 24 Mar, 2020 By ACTNOW

The COVID-19 pandemic further emphasises the message that our customary land is our social safety net, our security, our life, our sustenance and our provider and must be protected at all costs.

Source: Scott Waide - My Land, My Country - 24 March 2020

So it’s a global pandemic with 15,000+ dead already, 350,000 infected and nearly 105,000 recovered.

ANZ compensates Cambodian families forcibly evicted to make way for sugar plantation

On 28 Feb, 2020 By ACTNOW

PHOTO: The sugarcane project saw hundreds of Cambodian families forcibly evicted from their land. (ABC News: Sam Clark)

Why Customary Land Cannot be 'Bankable'

Position Paper on Incorporated Land Groups

Hands Off! Why Customary Land should never be 'bankable'

On 24 Feb, 2020 By ACTNOW

24th February 2020

Banks want to lend money to people and small business in Papua New Guinea and to take rights over customary land as security in case the loans do not get repaid.

This could lead to a huge transfer of customary land into private ownership and lead to families and whole communities being forced off their land and losing their livelihoods.

Government out of its depth on customary land

On 12 Feb, 2020 By ACTNOW

12th February 2020

The Land Minister’s announcement of a new pilot project that will further disenfranchise customary landowners is part of a misguided promotion of private sector greed over people’s need for customary land for income generation.

The government should be focused on empowering rural people to build resilient communities on their own land rather than serving the greed of foreign owned banks and big corporations.

Government out of its depth on customary land

On 12 Feb, 2020 By ACTNOW

Campaign Manager Eddie Tanago says "the government should be focused on empowering rural people to build resilient communities on their own land rather than serving the greed of foreign owned banks and big corporations".

Report: Malaysian logging firms party to PNG deforestation

On 08 Jan, 2020 By ACTNOW

Source: Azril Annuar / Malay Mail - 8th January 2020

Malaysian companies from Sarawak are allegedly trespassing while carrying out logging activities in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and contributing towards deforestation in the island nation, Sarawak Report (SR) wrote today.

The online investigative portal accused Sibu-based Rimbunan Hijau Group (RHG) and WTK Group as well as Amanab 56 Timber Investments Limited as among those stripping the resources of PNG.

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