Papua New Guinea

Women land defenders in Asia need more protection as violence rises - rights groups
- Reuters
- 10 December 2017
From Cambodia to the Philippines, women land rights defenders face increasing levels of violence and intimidation
Multi-billion kina deal signed to strengthen PNG and China relations
- Post-Courier
- 20 November 2017
The deal includes two duty-free integrated agriculture industrial parks: one in Eastern Highlands Province the size of more than 150 hectares and the other, of 130ha, in Western Highlands Province.
PNG farmers fight back against foreign land grab
- ActNow
- 31 October 2017
Farmers and communities from across Papua New Guinea have engaged in civil disobedience, protests and lawsuits to reclaim their land, even in the face of violence and aggression.
Papua New Guinea: SABL untold stories
- Act Now!
- 16 September 2017
Locals in Bewani, West Sepik Province are paid poorly for their labour on oil palm plantations by logging companies.
Government accused of lying over SABL land grab
- ACTNOW!
- 01 September 2017
ACT NOW! accuses the government of lying to the nation over the SABL land grab and says people across Papua New Guinea will be angry and disappointed.
National Court rules another two SABLs null & void
- PNGi Central
- 28 August 2017
Between 2002 and 2011 the Papua New Guinea government issued more than 75 SABL leases covering more than 50,000 square kilometres of land. The leases were the subject of a Commission of Inquiry which found widespread fraud and other abuses.
Stained Trade
- Global Witness
- 01 August 2017
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is home to the largest remaining tropical rainforest in the Asia-Pacific region, and one of the biggest land grabs in modern history. Between 2014 and 2016, Global Witness traced a supply chain spanning some 9,000 miles from the PNG’s forests to retail shelves in the U.S.
Logging, mining, and agricultural concessions data transparency: A survey of 14 forested countries
- WRI
- 27 Mar 2017
Report gives an overview of the availability of information for land concessions in Brazil, Canada, Cambodia, Colombia, Indonesia, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Republic of the Congo, and Russia.
PNG: Lands Minister blocking government promises to cancel SABL leases?
- ActNow
- 07 Mar 2017
Lands Minister Benny Allen is blocking the implementation of government decisions to end the SABL land grab and return stolen land to its customary owners.
Taking on the logging pirates: Land defenders in Papua New Guinea speak out!
- Oakland Institute
- 28 February 2017
A landmark report from the Oakland Institute elevates the voices of communities across the country who are opposing the theft of their land, made possible by the corrupt practices of local officials and foreign logging and palm oil companies.
Stolen SABL land would reach all the way to the moon
- Act Now
- 15 February 2017
Fifty two thousand square kilometres of customary land has been stolen in the SABL land grab in Papua New Guinea.
KLK withdraws from customary land in Collingwood Bay, Papua New Guinea
- Value Walk
- 28 November 2016
KLK announce withdraws from customary land in Collingwood Bay, but has not clarified overall plans for its total land bank of 44,342 ha in the region or its 37,000 ha plantation deal in Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.