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Keywords
Aerial view
Beauty
Biodiversity
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Forests (campaign title)
KWCI (GPI)
Nature
Outdoors
Rainforests
Rivers
Scenic
Tropical rainforests
Bairaman River in Papua New Guinea
View of the mouth of the Bairaman river, where it meets the sea in East New Britain province. The river flows through Papua New Guinea's forests which are the third largest, and some of the most diverse, on Earth.
Unique identifier:
GP02KIU
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
24/10/2011
Locations:
Bairaman River
,
East New Britain Province (PNG)
,
Melanesia
,
Papua New Guinea
,
Pomio District
Credit line:
© Paul Hilton / Greenpeace
Size:
4896px × 3264px 14MB
Ranking:
★★★★★★ (B)
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Land Grabs Threaten PNG's Forests
Papua 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.
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