This short video explains the real value of customary land and how it must be at the center of our development as a nation.
A new report published by ACT NOW! and Jubilee Australia reveals how commercial banks operating in Papua New Guinea have supported the destructive logging of tropical forests despite numerous reports exposing the legal, environmental and human rights abuses associated with the logging operations.
From Extraction to Inclusion explains how Papua New Guinea’s reliance on large-scale mining and export logging has failed to improve the lives of most people and what the government must do to move to a more people-centred development approach that will deliver better lives and livelihoods for everyone.
George Telek's message is a simple one but all too often it is forgotten. We let foreign logging and mining companies onto our land misled by their 'gris tok' and forgetting what we and our children are going to lose forever. NOKEN LUS TINGTING OLSEM GIRAUN EMI LAIF BILONG YUMI This video has been viewed over 50,000 times on the ACT NOW! FaceBook page.
The Sepik River is at risk of becoming Papua New Guinea's next world class environmental disaster if the planned Frieda river mine is allowed to proceed. For decades PNG has relied on large-scale resource extraction to deliver better services and improve livelihoods but the impacts have been disastrous for local communities and the national economy.
Corruption is a massive problem in Papua New Guinea. And it comes with a huge economic cost. Our score on the annual Corruption Perception Index is one of the worst in the world. But international experts say improving our score by just one point could be worth over K1,200 for every woman, man and child in PNG. That is K10 billion in total, equal to a whopping 14% increase in our economy.
A short video that explains how the government has used a tried and tested formula to try and bury the SABL Land Grab Scandal and avoid acting on the Commission of Inquiry recommendations.
The Giraun Emi Laif toolkit is a series of six short videos that share stories of resistance, resilience and hope with communities on the frontline of the global rush for land. In this introduction, you can learn what the Giraun Emi Laif video series is about, who it is for and how it can be used.
It is time for Papua New Guinea to stop relying on destructive large-scale extractive industries and build an indigenous economy based around our land and our people. Projects like the ExxonMobil LNG don't benefit our people or our economy as the revenues and profits are kept overseas.
A story by the Melanesian Land Defence Alliance about how rural communities are tricked by outsiders into giving up their land and culture. Illustrations by Apa Tengere.
Customary Land is a vital asset that must be protected. Land registration is a process that makes land vulnerable and leads to dispossession.
The 2019 National Land Summit was organised by the government to find new ways for the commercial banks and big business to access Customary Land. This video warns of the danger of the government agenda,
This short video explains how the government has used a tried and tested formula to try and bury the SABL Land Grab Scandal and avoid acting on the Commission of Inquiry recommendations.
A short documentary film by Scott Waide / EMTV that looks at the potential of the spice industry in Papua New Guinea.
Originally aired on EMTV's Olsem Wanem program, this is a short documentary film on the potential of the honey industry in Papua New Guinea.
This short video explains the real value of customary land and how it must be at the center of our development as a nation.
This short video explains the real value of customary land and how it must be at the centre of our development as a nation.
SABL NEWS - Don't vote for the land grabbers.
An EMTV news report on a two-day forum organised by ACT NOW! with the theme, Rise Up! Return Our Roots. The idea of the theme, is to get the leader and representatives of all six districts in Madang, to identify issues affecting them, discuss and come up with their own solutions.
A mother describes how women are forced to pay the price for government corruption.
Experimental Seabed Mining - Coming to a Coastline Near YOU!