Mongabay: Eleven percent of Papua New Guinea's land area has been handed over to foreign corporations and companies lacking community representation, according to a new report by Greenpeace. The land has been granted under controversial government agreements known as Special Agricultural and Business Leases (SABLs), which scientists have long warned has undercut traditional landholding rights in the country and decimated many of Papua New Guinea's biodiverse rainforests. To date, 72 SABLs have been granted-mostly...
URL: http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0730-hance-png-sabls-greenpeace.html
Enclosure: http://www.greenpeace.org/australia/en/news/forests/Up-for-grabs/
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