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Think Tank Report Highlights Tax Puzzle in PNG Logging Sector

ABC Radio

September 6, 2018

Two years ago the Oakland Institute published a report on illegal logging in Papua New Guinea, and warned that millions of dollars in taxes were being lost because of financial misreporting.

Tanzania’s Maasai Losing Ground to Tourism in the Name of Conservation, Investigation Finds

Mongabay

May 11, 2018

The government of Tanzania is casting aside Maasai communities to make way for lucrative high-end safari tourism and hunting, says the Oakland Institute, a policy think tank, in a report published May 10.

Maasai Herders Driven Off Land to Make Way for Luxury Safaris, Report Says

The Guardian

May 10, 2018

The Tanzanian government is putting foreign safari companies ahead of Maasai herding communities as environmental tensions grow on the fringes of the Serengeti national park, according to a new investigation.

En Tanzanie, les Masai sont rejetés hors de leurs terres au nom de la protection de la nature

Le Monde

May 10, 2018

Un rapport du Oakland Institute dénonce des intimidations envers les éleveurs qui pâtissent de conflits fonciers et doivent céder la place aux touristes et aux chasseurs.

Farmers' March: The Artists, Activists And Students Behind The Scenes In Delhi

HuffPost

NEW DELHI: The mobile phone of 28-year-old Janhavi, a Ph.D scholar at Delhi University, is constantly ringing on Wednesday. She rarely leaves the table at the corner of a library-cum-office in Katwariya Sarai in New Delhi, where she is making a chart and working on a laptop along with her friend Agneya.
Green Resources' Forestry Projects are Negatively Impacting On Local Communities – Donor

Witness Radio

The Finnish Development Finance Iinstitution (FINNFUND) is concerned about effects from its own financed carbon offset projects in Uganda that have negatively impacted on the local communities. FINNFUND is an investment arm of the Finnish Government, with financial support of up to US$ 25 million to the Green Resources Forestry project.
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China Can Help PNG Defend its Ecological Redline

China Daily

This summer, my country, Papua New Guinea (PNG), became the newest member of China's Belt and Road Initiative. This global program already spans dozens of countries and represents over a trillion dollars of planned investments in infrastructure development. Meanwhile, China's aid to PNG is surging: only recently, it committed over AU$4 billion ($2...
How China Can Help Save Papua New Guinea’s Forests

The Diplomat

This summer, my country, Papua New Guinea (PNG), became the newest member of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. This global program already spans dozens of countries and represents over a trillion dollars of planned investments in infrastructure development. Meanwhile, China’s aid to PNG is surging: only recently, it committed around $4 billion to...
The Great Timber Heist, Illegal Logging and Tax Evasion in Papua New Guinea

Lifegate

Papua New Guinea's rainforest, the third largest in the world, is being plundered by illegal logging. Frederic Mousseau of the Oakland Institute presents the findings of a report that exposes the industry's systematic tax evasion, depriving the country of revenue while destroying its natural resources.
Think Tank: Illegal Logging in Papua New Guinea Getting Much Worse

Wood Floor Business Magazine

Despite a report that shed light on rampant illegal logging in Papua New Guinea two years ago, which was followed by government promises to crack down on the practice, the situation is worse than ever, according to the Oakland Institute, an American think tank.