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1. Why the Morobe Forest Industrial Park is a Dubious Development Proposal

   ACTNOW's blog   Morobe Timber Consortium and people from ... ignorance of my fellow villagers to agree to such a dubious development on our customary lands. \ There are numerous reasons to be ... little plywood is exported from PNG today.  Therefore, what Morobe Timbers Consortium Limited is insinuating about plywood export is a ...

   ACTNOW - 19/09/2023 - 09:48

2. PNG People Poorer despite big mines: NRI

   Elizabeth1's blog Picture: PNG LNG Mine PNG people are ... a Sovereign Wealth Fund is NOT the answer. What we need is a new model of development - one that actual respects and follows our National Goals and ...

   Elizabeth1 - 23/10/2014 - 09:08 - 0 comments

3. Reminding ourselves about our Constitution

   rait man's blog By Steven Winduo*  The celebration of ... Goals and Directive Principles: Integral Human Development, Equality and Participation, National Sovereignty and ... yeah,what Marangist said on 04th/10/2010 is ideed very very true ...

   rait man - 27/09/2010 - 08:44 - 2 comments

4. Alternative indicators of well-being for Melanesia: changing the way progress is measured in the South Pacific

   Elizabeth1's blog Source: Jamie Tanguay  -  Culture Talk ... rather than solely relying on GDP and associated development metrics to measure success or progress. The project to track ... Further social research was conducted to determine what information is most relevant and how questions could be phrased to obtain ...

   Elizabeth1 - 22/05/2014 - 18:00 - 0 comments

5. UN calls for halt to new mines in PNG until better policies and practices put in place

   Elizabeth1's blog   "... better strategies need to be in place to ... industries and translate this into meaningful human development for citizens across the country". United Nations calls ... stubbornly low,” he said. “We are seeing what is known as a ‘paradox of plenty’– a situation where the country’s ...

   Elizabeth1 - 08/12/2014 - 15:15 - 0 comments

6. Spider Without the Web – The Silent Destruction by Oil Palm in Papua New Guinea

   Effrey's blog By David Putulan While the Oil Palm Industry in ... the land. Our very survival even to date depends heavily on what we extract from that land. In other words, our natural environment had and ... to oil palm companies back in the early days of Oil Palm development. That is a huge loss when you consider such real estate size in ...

   Effrey - 08/09/2011 - 16:33 - 5 comments

7. Giving Away PNG - Special Economic Zones: Economic Development or Resource Grab?

   ACTNOW's blog PNG Environmental Alliance The PNG ... 2019 speaks to compensation packages but is not clear as to what form it will take and if it involves large tracts of land, there will be ... to the dangers of large-scale agriculture. Such a development would also be contradicting the government's policies and programs ...

   ACTNOW - 12/05/2023 - 12:29

8. Warning Sounded on Chinese Threat to the Pacific

   Elizabeth1's blog A warning has been sounded in Madang, Papua ... in a manner in which we can protect our resources. Sell what we can but care for the environment and maximize profits for the ... Ramu Group aims to design a landowner-friendly economics and development guide. Mr Hatakere said landowning units in New Zealand had ...

   Elizabeth1 - 05/09/2014 - 12:59 - 0 comments

9. Rimbunan Hijau tells communities human rights impede their development

   ACTNOW's blog RH Consultant and ex Managing Director of the PNG ... rights and sustainable business principles impede rural development and should be ignored if people want to get rich. This is the ... prior and informed consent of landholders before deciding what type of activities were to be introduced on their land and if the company ...

   ACTNOW - 20/09/2016 - 08:20 - 0 comments

10. From Extraction to Inclusion: Frequently Asked Questions

    ACTNOW's blog These Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) summarize ... From Extraction to Inclusion, Changing the Path to Development in Papua New Guinea . Hasn’t PNG seen solid economic ... with GDP, strong foreign earnings do not tell us much about what is happening in terms of living standards for most people in PNG. ...

    ACTNOW - 06/10/2020 - 06:22

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