Papua New Guinea

El año 2017 terminó como uno de los más fatídicos para los defensores de la tierra. También fue un año muy malo para muchos acaparadores de tierras.

L’année 2017 s’est avérée l’une des années les plus mortelles pour les défenseurs des terres. L’année a été assez mauvaise aussi pour plusieurs accapareurs de terres.

2017 went down as one of the deadliest years ever for land defenders. It was also a pretty bad year for several land grabbers.

ACT NOW! launches a new multi-media campaign 'Celebrating and Defending Customary Land’-- the most valuable and important asset available to most Papua New Guineans.

Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister instantly offered 100,000 hectares for planting even starting tomorrow, but can develop easily 2 million hectares in government lands for rice farming with irrigation

Report finds that the PNG government distributed over 5 million ha of customary land  to private companies for large-scale agricultural development, without the free, prior and informed consent of all affected landowners.

The Philippines will sign this week a government-to-government agreement with Papua New Guinea allowing Filipino companies to produce rice on an area of about 1 million hectares within five years.

PNG Prime Minister Peter O’Neill and Agriculture Minister Benny Allan have promised the Philippines government at least one million hectares of land in Papua New Guinea for Filipino farmers to grow rice.

Despite repeated promises from the O’Neill government to cancel the agribusiness leases in Papua New Guinea, stretching back to 2013, almost nothing has been done.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has noted persistent problems with land grabs in Papua New Guinea.

A community group in Papua New Guinea says the government needs to stop organising 'land grabs' disguised as investment.

From Cambodia to the Philippines, women land rights defenders face increasing levels of violence and intimidation