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Keywords
Beauty
Biodiversity
Close ups
Day
Forests (campaign title)
Green
KWCI (GPI)
Low angle view
Nature
Outdoors
Plants
Rainforests
Rivers
Scenic
Trees
Tropical rainforests
Water
Wide angle
Bairaman River in Papua New Guinea
Trees and ferns line the Bairaman river and surrounding forest in West Pomio district. The river flows through Papua New Guinea's forests which are the third largest, and some of the most diverse, on Earth.
Unique identifier:
GP02KJ2
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
25/10/2011
Locations:
Bairaman River
,
East New Britain Province (PNG)
,
Melanesia
,
Papua New Guinea
,
Pomio District
Credit line:
© Paul Hilton / Greenpeace
Ranking:
★★★★ (E)
Containers
Shoot:
Land Grabs Threaten PNG's Forests
Papua New Guinea‘s forests are the third largest, and some of the most diverse, on Earth. They support many cultures as well as a rich diversity of plant and animal species. Yet 60% of PNG's ancient forests have already been lost to industrial and illegal logging. The World Bank estimates 70% of logging in PNG is illegal. Now there is a new threat to the remaining forests. The United Nations has questioned Papua New Guinea on the recent rollout of over 5 million hectares of agricultural leases. These agricultural leases (known as Special Agriculture and Business Leases - SABLs) cover about 20% of the country’s forests and represent one of the worst contemporary cases of cultural land grabs. They will decimate PNG’s remaining forests and biodiversity unless they are overturned. Greenpeace is in PNG at the request of customary landowners who are fighting to hold on to their land and forests.
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