Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea gained independence from Australia in 1975 and is one of the ethnically most diverse countries worldwide. More than 87% of the rural populations live off farming, and agriculture contributes about 28% to the national GDP. Furthermore, the country generates revenues from the large-scale export of mineral resources, oil, gas, and timber.

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Indicateurs socio-économiques tout parcourir

45,286,000 ha

41.9

3,847.7 USD

8,606,316

13.2 %

Indicateurs fonciers tout parcourir

2.6 %

17,599,000 ha

8.9 %

4,157,991 ha

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Papua New Guinea

Projects

Land Governance Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue (LG MSD)

Donateurs: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

Creating the YUS Conservation Area

Valeur: $10,000,000.00

Donateurs: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Adaptation to Climate Change in the Pacific Region

Valeur: $13,460,000.00

Donateurs: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Climate protection through forest conservation in Pacific Island States

Valeur: $7,200,000.00

Donateurs: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

85% of the country’s land is under customary tenure

This Is Our Land: Why Reject the Privatisation of Customary Land

20 Juillet 2021

WHY REJECT CUSTOMARY LAND PRIVATISATION Most of the world’s land is still stewarded by communities under customary systems. Billions of people rely on communally managed farmland, pasture, forests and savannahs for their livelihoods. This collective management of resources is viewed in the…