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Up for grabs: Millions of hectares of customary land in PNG stolen for logging
August, 2012. Paul Winn. Greenpeace Australia Pacific. 64 pages
Summary
This report analyses and documents the background conditions and impacts of Papua New Guinea’s so-called ‘land grab’, which has seen 72 Special Agricultural and Business Leases (SABLs) totalling 5.1 million hectares of customary-owned land – over 11 per cent of the country and over 16 per cent of accessible commercial forests – granted to unrepresentative landowner companies and foreign-owned corporations for up to 99 years.
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Keywords: c. National Policy & Legislation, e. Deforestation & Degradation Drivers, Other Publications, Asia, customary land, deforestation, logging, Papua New Guinea, PNG, SAB, SABLs