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Tag: Papua New Guinea
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…
N’gego: Melanesian House of Governance
The Parliament Haus of PNG is one of the most fascinating architectural structures in the world. The building incorporates different structures in PNG but the design that stands out is the architectural structure style of Maprik in East Sepik province. Sepik boasts some of the world’s finest architects of the ancient world, this can be…
DAULO COOPERATIVE CONTINUES WITH TREE PLANING INITIATIVE
By VICKY BAUNKE in Goroka: With the World Environment Day commemorated recently, many nationwide were reminded of the importance of planing trees to sustain life on planet earth, in order to benefit future generations. There are many small and big organizations around the country that support the idea of conservation through the initiatives of tree…
Decline in Languages Leads to Decline in Indigenous Biological Knowledge in Papua New Guinea
Fears of declining fluency among students in the most linguistically diverse place on earth ound the world, more than 7,000 languages are spoken, most of them by small populations of speakers in the tropics. Papua New Guinea (PNG), where nine million people speak 850 languages, is the most linguistically diverse place on Earth. Unfortunately, a…
No accurate data on CO2: Mori
By DALE LUMA THE country does not have accurate data on how much carbon dioxide is emitted, says Environment Conservation and Climate Change Minister Wera Mori. He told The National during the National Protected Areas Summit in Port Moresby that this was one of the agendas going forward. “That’s one of the things we are…
Report: Landowners do not understand Voluntary Customary Land Registration system
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…
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…
Voluntary customary land registration system needs to be effective
There is a need to improve the effectiveness of the Voluntary Customary Land Registration (VCLR) system in Papua New Guinea (PNG), according to a PNG National Research Institute (PNG NRI) Spotlight article. The article, Understanding how the effectiveness of voluntary customary land registration system can be improved, by Research Fellow, Logea Nao, stated that the VCLR system…
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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