By LORRAINE WOHI THE National Research Institute of Papua New Guinea (PNGNRI) in its recent spotlight report has highlighted the need for effectiveness in the Voluntary Customary Land Registration (VCLR) System that is currently in place in the country. The report contributes to the debates surrounding how to best avail customary land in the formal…
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Report details appalling abuse over PNG land leases
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!…
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