Villagers in Suburam are pushing back against logging operations they say are encroaching on designated conservation areas while harvesting timber from Papua New Guinea’s forests
Tag: logging
Switching to carbon trading
PNG reporter writes how the country will drive to ban logging and go straight into carbon trading
PNG Government claims on reducing export logging operations don’t stack up
ACT NOW says while it fully supports the government’s policy to stop all unprocessed log exports, PNG Forest Authority is misleading and failing the PM to implement the government’s policy
Isabel landowners fight for ownership over Tubi logs
Ngea’s admittance of guilt, Isabel Province tribal leader believes, should prompt the Solomon Islands Government to seize the illegally felled logs and return them to landowners. But things were not to be.
Loggers threaten Papua New Guinea’s unique forest creatures
Conservationists fear that PNG’s extraordinary species could soon fall to axe and bulldozer due to illegal logging
COP commitments on deforestation a flicker of hope in PNG
The global climate talks on protecting rainforests is a step in the right direction against illegal logging, according to the governor of PNG’s Oro Province
Plans to stop deforestation
The decision to stop all large scale logging by 2030 is an agenda PNG has always advocated. The biggest question now is, how do we get compensated, says Wera Mori
Logging Exposé in the Solomon Islands Leads to Timber Companies’ Suspension
Pressure from local communities is mounting to take further action on unsustainable and illegal logging activities in the Solomon Islands
PNG PM must extend ban on new logging permits: community advocacy group
ACT NOW calls on PNGFA to stop issuing all forms of logging consents and not just timber permits
PNG Environment Minister Mori urges developers to obey environmental laws
PNG Environment Minister to send officers to investigate and establish the level of pollution and environmental destruction that occur by foreign companies.