18 November 2021
ONE year ago, on July 27, 2020, three tribes who live around the border between Indonesia’s Kampung Naga area in Boven Digoel, Papua, and Kampung Kuem in Papua New Guinea, sent a claim letter to Tunas Timber Lestari. Representatives of the Kuranop, Ekogi, and Gembenop tribes protested against…
17 November 2021
President Joko Widodo claimed that deforestation in Indonesia is at its lowest point in the past 20 years. Indonesia’s Nationally Determined Contribution emissions reduction report to the United Nations said that there were only 39,285 hectares of deforested areas in 2013 to 2020. A Tempo…
5 May 2021
The Catholic Professionals Society PNG in association with the Individual & Community Rights Advocacy Forum support the opposition to the proposed sand mining in Madang and PNG. This was highlighted in a press conference that was held in Port Moresby today. A statement from the press conference…
Donors: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
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Donors: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Value: $13,460,000.00
Donors: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
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Donors: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
85% of the country’s land is under customary tenure
20 July 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…
