The people of Collingwood Bay have won back their land from Malaysian oil palm company KLK after a hard fought battle in which they received support from many groups and individuals both in PNG and overseas.
There are signs that land grabs in Papua New Guinea may start to decline, after a report from Oxfam exposed the extent of the involvement of Australia's big four banks.
A new billboard with a clear message for the Papau New Guinea Prime Minister has been erected in central Waigani.
Elle accuse ces établissements de financer des sociétés impliquées dans des spoliations foncières, des exploitations forestières illégales et le travail des enfants.
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill says all Special Agricultural and Business Leases, or SABLs, are under review and that those abused for forestry will be revoked.
Loggers have used Special Agriculture and Business Leases to take control of over 5 million hectares of forest – more than 10% of Papua New Guinea’s total landmass.
A Commission of Inquiry in Papua New Guinea has recommended an Australian-led company involved in obtaining leases over more than two million hectares of traditional land be investigated for criminal misconduct and conspiracy.
"If the lease has been found to be fraudulently issued, then it needs to be cancelled, that's the whole issue, that's the bottom line," says Effrey Dademo of Act Now.
International expert on land-grabbing Fred Pearce says the Pacific has some of the world's worst examples of the practice.
Only the Amazon and Congo basins rival Papua New Guinea for pristine tropical wilderness. But 5 million hectares of its jungle is under threat from foreign land grabs and back-door logging.
S’abritant souvent derrière des projets de développement agricole sans avoir d’expérience réelle en la matière, des entreprises étrangères ont déboisé de vastes surfaces, enregistrant sur la vente de ce bois un gain bien supérieur aux compensations versées aux communautés propriétaires des terres.
Film chronicles the experiences of communities in PNG--giving a voice to those who are losing their land and natural resources to illegal logging operations and palm oil companies.
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