A provincial governor in Papua New Guinea has taken the government to task over a lack of action against illegal logging. For several years Gary Juffa has been fighting illegal logging operations in his province, Oro, by various foreign companies. In a scathing and loud broadside, the Oro Governor told parliament that rampant illegal logging…
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COP commitments on deforestation a flicker of hope in PNG
Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific Journalistjohnny.blades@rnz.co.nz Despite a generally mixed response to what has been achieved at COP26, one of Papua New Guinea’s leading voices against illegal logging is encouraged by new commitments made in Glasgow. The global climate talks resulted in commitments on protecting rainforests by multilateral development banks and financial institutions in order to align…
Deforestation in world’s largest tropical island: what does future hold?
New Guinea, the world’s largest tropical island, is also the most floristically diverse island in the world. However, the rich forests of the island, particularly those in the Western half, are understudied and threatened. Researchers examined satellite data on this half to determine annual forest loss, road development and plantation expansion. Based on this they…
How mass deforestation is wiping out species around the world
The mass-clearing of trees will be the doom of many forms of life on this planet. Forests are critical to the Earth’s ecology. They capture and store carbon out of the atmosphere. They can alter the air quality and quantity of drinking water. And they provide the most habitat for the world’s terrestrial species. And…
West Santo says NO to logging and road proposal
Community leaders and people from west Santo have united in a protest to protect their forests against a logging and road construction proposal by the Vanuatu Forest Industry Limited, a Chinese-funded company. They expressed strong disagreement to the proposal through a campaign led by the Santo Sunset Environment Network (SSEN), an indigenous environment Non-Government Organisation…
Climate and nature crises: solve both or solve neither, say experts
Humanity must solve the climate and nature crises together or solve neither, according to a report from 50 of the world’s leading scientists. Global heating and the destruction of wildlife is wreaking increasing damage on the natural world, which humanity depends on for food, water and clean air. Many of the human activities causing the…
Bikpela Bagarap Lon Sepik Wara
Many people living along the Sepik river have raised concerns of the serious destructions the Sepik river is facing with the movement of tug boats and pontoons on the river.
Inside the destruction of Asia’s last rainforest – BBC World Service
Indonesia is the world’s largest exporter of palm oil and in the last two decades, vast areas of forest have been cleared to make way for plantations.
About 6.3 million m3 of rainforest logs worth over US$1 billion have been exported from PNG
Since 2009, about 6.3 million m3 of rainforest logs worth over US$1 billion have been exported from PNG under the SABL scam. Very little of the money or benefits have gone to local PNG communities. PNG has lost over 60% of its forest cover to logging, devastating local indigenous and wildlife populations alike. The largest…
Role of Malaysian banks in PNG deforestation highlighted
Malaysian banks have been urged to apply more regulations on finance for forest clearance in Papua New Guinea. Environmental justice NGO Global Witness has released a new report into international financing of deforestation. It said six companies associated with destruction of the world’s main forests received US$44 billion in finance over the past six years. These include…
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