Australia is the largest single beneficiary of rampant and unsustainable logging and land grabbing in Papua New Guinea, according to leading community activist group, ACT NOW!
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Siva Group's oil palm plantation land deal in Papua New Guinea described as "one of the worst land development schemes ever".
The offer for New Britain Palm Oil Ltd would give Sime Darby over 140,000 ha of oil palm and sugar plantations in Papua New Guinea, as wells as 28,000 ha of lands on which to expand.
L'irruption dans l'agrobusiness d'un milliardaire indien de l'informatique donne une image inquiétante du rôle actuel de la finance dans l'agriculture
An IT billionaire's foray into agribusiness paints a disturbing picture of today's farmland financiers.
Increasing international demand for palm oil, beef, soy and wood is fuelling the illegal destruction of tropical forests at an alarming rate.
Global Witness is urging Papua New Guinea to block a bid by one of Malaysia’s biggest logging companies, Rimbunan Hijau, to renew a license that permits it to flatten over 40,000 hectares of tropical rainforest in order to grow oil palm.
Community groups have welcomed the Papua New Guinea Government's announcement it will abolish special agricultural business leases.
Text of the decision by the Papua New Guinea Government to repeal the provisions of the Structural Agriculture Business Lease (SABL) in the Lands Act to prevent anymore SABL dealings.
The Papua New Guinea government is cancelling all Special Agriculture and Business Leases obtained illegally, and will abolish provisions of the Land Act which allows for SABLs to be granted.
PNG court revokes two 99 year land titles awarded to Kuala Lumpur Kepong (KLK) of Malaysia following complaints of land grabbing by customary landowners in Collingwood Bay, Oro province.
