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Post Courier nails Iamo’s attempt to derail SABL Commission of Inquiry | Act Now!
Posted by Post Courier: None Given on May 13th, 2011
Post Courier: In the debate over the Special Agricultural and Business leases (SABLs), all the attention is focused on the Lands Department. This may have happened because the Lands Department, which is tasked to manage State and to some degree, customary land in Papua New Guinea, issues the SABLs.
But for the SABLs to be of benefit to those that hold the leases, three other government departments play crucial roles in the whole scheme of things. The Agriculture and Livestock Department, the National Forest...
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Boycott Rainforest Action Network for Its Rainforest Logging
Posted by Scoop: None Given on May 13th, 2011
Scoop: Press Release: Rainforest Portal
Boycott Rainforest Action Network for Its Rainforest Logging
Ecological Internet calls for America's largest and wealthiest rainforest protection organization to resign from the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and finally end their shameful greenwash of primary forest logging. Until their enabling of the final industrial destruction of global rainforests stops, and RAN resigns from FSC, Ecological Internet calls for an immediate boycott of Rainforest Action...
Indonesia: Local communities oblivious to govt’s plans for their forests
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 13th, 2011
Jakarta Post: Local residents of Pulang Pisau village in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, exhibited their hand-made products of woven bamboo and traditional medicines at the local subdistrict office. Housewives sat on the office floor to stitch the dried bamboo, while others explained to visitors the benefits of the traditional medicines. It was no ordinary occasion. The residents said they were told to bring their wares to show to visitors, including foreigners. They thought it was for tourism promotion. ...