Community advocacy group ACT NOW says the PNG prime minister's promise to stop issuing new forestry licences will do nothing ...

In 2005, the PNG economy grew about 2.4 percent, but the government's forecast this year is for a more robust 3 to 3.5 percent, depending on international commodity prices.

The Prime Minister’s promise to stop issuing new forestry licences will do nothing to prevent illegal logging from destroying ...

This area of logging is occuring within a concession owned by Musa Valley Management Company Limited, according to PNG Forest Observatory. “The intensity of logging is really going up and down ...

Rampant logging 'destroying PNG' By Barney Zwartz. February 27, 2010 — 3.00am. Save. Log in, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for later.

A new $75 million fibre-optic cable proposed to connect Australia and Papua New Guinea could be purchased through bartering PNG rainforest logs. Cable & Wireless Optus, cable layer Alcatel and PNG ...

STEVE MARSHALL: Greenpeace claims of 90 per cent of logging in PNG is illegal because many permits were granted without proper consultation with landowners. It's a claim Bob Tate rejects.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A Malaysian logging company accused of illegally stripping PNG's rainforests has in turn accused green groups of mounting an ...

But logging operations are only ramping up, and exploiting special leases, meant for the development of agricultural projects, to clear forest on land belonging to customary owners. PNG ...

AN estimated 5.1 million hectares of Papua New Guinea's customary land has been given to mostly foreign owned companies under special leases which allow wholesale logging, Greenpeace says in a new ...

External Reviews Find Most Logging in Papua New Guinea Illegal, Unsustainable and Providing Little Benefit . To the State and Forest Community . Jakarta, Indonesia and Washington, DC — A new ...

Report: Most PNG logging illegal. Papua New Guinea celebrated 30 years of independence in 2005 with events across the country. PAPUA NEW GUINEA FACT BOX. Capital: Port Moresby ...