Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Lau-Village-in-Papua-New-Guinea-27MZIFIESSNN.htmlConceptually similarPainting Action on Ship in PNGGP02KBQCompleted★★★★★★Painting Action on Ship in PNGGP02KBWCompleted★★★★Locals Protest Land Grabs in PNGGP02KBKCompleted★★★★Locals Protest Land Grabs in PNGGP02KBOCompleted★★★★Locals Protest Land Grabs in PNGGP02KBVCompleted★★★★Locals Protest Land Grabs in PNGGP02KBECompleted★★★★★★Locals Protest Land Grabs in PNGGP02KBMCompleted★★★★Locals Protest Land Grabs in PNGGP02KBFCompleted★★★★Locals Protest Land Grabs in PNGGP02KBGCompleted★★★★View AllGP02KJELau Village in Papua New GuineaAn 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.Locations:East New Britain Province (PNG)-Melanesia-Papua New Guinea-Pomio DistrictDate:25 Oct, 2011Credit:© Paul Hilton / GreenpeaceMaximum size:5254px X 3560pxKeywords:Aerial view-Day-Forests (campaign title)-Houses-KWCI (GPI)-Outdoors-Rivers-Tropical rainforests-VillagesShoot:Land Grabs Threaten PNG's ForestsPapua 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.Related Collections:Biggest Land Grab in PNG History (Photo + Video)
