Yearly Archives: 2010

Greenpeace Embarrasses PNG for its Own Gain

Greenpeace has embarrassed PNG for its own gain in a report issued on the sidelines of the meeting of the parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), held in Japan last month. It accused the PNG Government of trying … Continue reading →

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Forestry and Development
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McKinsey Climate Project Surfaces Online

A purported confidential draft project proposal by McKinsey & Company for the PNG Government’s Office of Climate Change and Development (OCCD) has been published by a number of online outlets this month.  The document adds more weight to claims that … Continue reading →

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Forestry and Development
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PNG’s Environment Campaigners side with Belden Namah

Former Forests Minister and Vanimo MP, Belden Namah, has launched a scathing attack on the PNG Government with recent amendments to the Environment Act, the Ramu NiCo project and the Prime Minister clearly in his sights. In an open letter … Continue reading →

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Forestry and Development
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WWF push FSC further into PNG

A new WWF program is seeking to expand Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification in the Trans-Fly and Kikori River Basin regions of PNG.  The program is an extension of the work WWF has been doing in the country for some … Continue reading →

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Forestry and Development
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Forestry & Corruption in PNG

Transparency International PNG (TIPNG) has publicly attacked Papua New Guinea’s forest industry and officials. Capitalising on publicity generated by the launch of its Corruption Perception Index for 2010, TIPNG has directly attacked the Papua New Guinea Forest Authority (PNGFA) as … Continue reading →

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Forestry and Development
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Deceit in Greenpeace’s campaign to greenmail buyers of Indonesian products revealed

Claims about environmental damage made by Greenpeace about Indonesian company APP have been revealed as false. ITS Global, the sponsor of Forestry and Development, recently released an audit of a report by Greenpeace (“How Sinar Mas is Pulping the Planet”) … Continue reading →

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Forestry and Development
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Time For PNG NGO’s To Shape Up Or Ship Out

The role and behaviour of NGO’s in PNG has again come under scrutiny as relations with international investors, the National Government, landowners and local communities threaten to reach breaking point. Misrepresentation, manipulation of facts and instigation of public violence are … Continue reading →

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Forestry and Development
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CELCOR Targets PNG Anti-Poverty Projects

The World Bank has launched an investigation into its PNG Smallholder Agriculture Development Project’s (SADP) in Oro and West New Britain provinces at the request of the Center for Environmental Law and Community Rights (CELCOR), a NGO based in Port … Continue reading →

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Forestry and Development
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Forest Carbon Takes Another Hit

A recent study has shown that rainforests store much less carbon than originally thought and that there is variability in the density of carbon stored in seemingly similar forests. The study, carried out by the US-based Carnegie Institution, WWF and … Continue reading →

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Forestry and Development
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