This audio programme highlights the Marovo Lagoon area, which is under consideration for World Heritage listing due to its status as the largest lagoon in the world with a double barrier reef system. The area is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful parts of the Pacific, noted for its rich biodiversity, including pristine forests, coral reefs, and extensive mangrove ecosystems.
Logging in PNG get out of hand and what lessons from other South Pacific countries have to learn from experience. Concern with human rights, land rights in the environment, the PNG Call Number: [EL]Physical Description: 26:08
Fiji is not immune to illegal logging and the trade of illegally logged timber. Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says in Vanua Levu alone 29 illegal logging cases were recorded from January 2017 until January 2022.
Illegal logging and dealings in the forestry sector have prompted the Ministry of Forestry to launch a pledge campaign. Permanent Secretary, Pene Baleinabuli says there is a disparity between what is happening on the ground in the forestry sector and what is reflected on the national scale.
Papua New Guinea has been the world’s largest tropical timber exporter since 2014. More than 70% of the timber produced in the country is considered illegal.
Gary Juffa, governor of Papua New Guinea’s Oro province, is one of the country’s most outspoken critics of the logging industry.
A sting operation is underway in the Western division to clamp down on illegal logging and sawmilling companies. The Ministry of Environment held a roundtable discussion with the Logging and Sawmilling Sector to iron out issues affecting the sector.
There are claims in Papua New Guinea that some of the country's banks are implicated in illegal logging and the human rights abuses that plague the sector. The NGOs Act Now and Jubilee Australia say if banks lend to loggers who are operating illegally, that would make them criminally complic
The global climate talks resulted in commitments on protecting rainforests by multilateral development banks and financial institutions in order to align their practices with goals in the Paris Agreement which aim to curb deforestation...It's a step in the right direction, according to the govern
Illegal logging activities have occurred at Batbang in Southwest Malekula, Matevulu College land, Aore Academy land and VATHE Conservation Area in Santo from 2017 to 2019, due to negligence of the responsible departments.
