A new report on Papua New Guinea’s Special Agricultural and Business Leases, or SABLs, has detailed appalling human rights abuses suffered by indigenous landowners. Called the SABL Land Grab: Papua New Guinea’s Ongoing Human Rights Scandal the report highlights the devastating impacts of what has been a front for mostly illegal land grabs. PNG group Act Now!…
Water is an essential part of a Mother and Child’s life
Krieanna Reni, is a mother who has walked some distances to fetch water in the village of Lanvitvit, Aulua area South east of Malekula. Ms Reni is a class 6 leaver and has children who she claimed were her great help in the daily chores she carried out as a mother. “For a very long time…
Sparkling Eyes with Notes from Jhon Kwano
It has long been said: “The eyes are the windows to the soul”. It’s a very poetic and metaphysical saying, and I always wondered what it really meant. Part of my personal difficulty was: what is the soul that the eyes are the windows to? Part of the physical brain? The personality? The conscious thinking…
Loggers still operating on PNG lease despite court ruling
Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific Journalistjohnny.blades@rnz.co.nz Papua New Guinea’s government has been accused of allowing loggers to operate illegally without landowner approval. This comes as PNG prepares to host an APEC meeting this weekend to discuss tackling illegal logging and the trade in illegal timber. PNG’s Supreme Court ruled in August 2016 that a Special Agriculture Business…
PNG and France: Bridging the gap through science
SCIENTISTS around the world, especially in France, are astonished by PNG’s large rainforest and its biodiversity, says France’s Ambassador Philippe Janvier-Kamiyama. Janvier-Kamiyama was speaking at Government House in Port Moresby after presenting his credentials to acting Governor-General and Speaker Job Pomat. “Your country has the third largest primary rainforest in the world, whose biodiversity is…
New Zealand river granted same legal rights as human being
In a world-first a New Zealand river has been granted the same legal rights as a human being. The local Māori tribe of Whanganui in the North Island has fought for the recognition of their river – the third-largest in New Zealand – as an ancestor for 140 years. On Wednesday, hundreds of tribal representatives wept with…
New Zealand gives Mount Taranaki same legal rights as a person
The sacred mountain in the North Island is the third geographic feature in the country to be granted a ‘legal personality’ Mount Taranaki in New Zealand is to be granted the same legal rights as a person, becoming the third geographic feature in the country to be granted a “legal personality”. Eight local Māori tribes and the…
Neuroscientists have Identified How Exactly a Deep Breath Changes Your Mind
Breathing is traditionally thought of as an automatic process driven by the brainstem—the part of the brain controlling such life-sustaining functions as heartbeat and sleeping patterns. But new and unique research, involving recordings made directly from within the brains of humans undergoing neurosurgery, shows that breathing can also change your brain. Simply put, changes in breathing—for…
Breath of Bliss Academy – Breathwork Teacher Trainings & Retreats November 2017
Breath of Bliss Academy – Breathwork Teacher Trainings & Retreats QUANTUM LEAP in Thailand! The most recent Level 2 Group Facilitator was life-changing. I’ve been speechless for a few days. I can now finally try to put it into words. Raw, primal jungle and crystal blue waters…and group of old souls gathering to learn how…
We are nature: The outdoors, indoors and health (USGBC New York Upstate)
I just signed on to David Suzuki’s 30×30 Challenge, which means I will go outside for at least 30 minutes each day in June. The goal of this for me is to change my habits to ensure more outdoor time. For the Suzuki Foundation, it is a way to assess attitudes from a broad range of people before…
Yes We ARE Nature 