An aerial view of Lau Village in West Pomio district, East New Britain province. This village is at the frontline of a massive land grab that sees 5.2 million hectares of PNG's forests slated for destruction. Under a lease system called special-purpose agriculture and business leases (SABLs), customary landowners will lose their land for 99 years and their forests forever. The communities in Pomio rely on the forests for food security, building materials and their future livelihoods. Logging companies promise development and much needed services but all they deliver are dirty rivers and destroyed forests. The customary landowners are asking the new PNG government to choose the rights of the people over the profits of big multi-national logging companies.