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Foreign Logging Pressure on PNG Forests

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In Papua New Guinea, where Indigenous peoples hold customary ownership over most land, Malaysian-linked logging companies dominate forest-clearance permits. Forests are frequently cleared without free, prior, and informed consent, undermining Indigenous land governance, livelihoods, and cultural relationships to forest territories while driving large-scale environmental harm.

Stop the logging in Papua New Guinea! (Petition)

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Added 1/26/2026, last updated 1/26/2026 *

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