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New roads for PNG: Path to progress or to environmental devastation?

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 27 Dec 2018
Marine life in Papua New Guinea. Image by martinnemo via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

After the loss of a ship, deep sea mining plans for PNG founder

David Hutt 26 Dec 2018

PNG farmers use agroforestry to fight crop diseases and reduce labor

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 19 Dec 2018

Agroforestry supports food security and conservation in Papua New Guinea

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 26 Nov 2018

Stop importing illegal timber, PNG activists tell China at APEC Summit

John Cannon 22 Nov 2018

For APEC’s poorest member, flashy cars point to another boondoggle

Lucy EJ Woods 16 Nov 2018

PNG to create 7,500 square kilometers of new marine protected areas in Bismarck Sea

Mongabay.com 13 Nov 2018

Evicted for a showpiece project, this PNG community fights for justice

Lucy EJ Woods 8 Nov 2018

Deal in sight for PNG landowners protesting Exxon-led gas project

Lucy EJ Woods 31 Aug 2018

‘High risk’ that China’s timber from PNG is illegal: New report

John Cannon 9 Aug 2018
John Aini at a Malagan ceremony. Image by JC Salyer.

Protecting PNG’s oceans: Q&A with marine activist John Aini

Basten Gokkon 16 Jul 2018

‘Decolonizing conservation’: Q&A with PNG marine activist John Aini

Basten Gokkon 12 Jul 2018

Implicit gender, racial biases may hinder effectiveness of conservation science, experts warn

Basten Gokkon 4 Jul 2018

Tensions mount at PNG gas project as landowners threaten to close plant for good

Lucy EJ Woods 4 Jul 2018

Plant response to rising CO2 levels may alter rainfall patterns across tropics

Claire Asher 28 Jun 2018

Papua New Guinea landowners take up arms against natural gas project

Lucy EJ Woods 26 Jun 2018

Citigroup limits financing for mines that dump tailings at sea

Jim Tan 12 Jun 2018

India eyes coal reserves in Indonesian Papua 

Febriana Firdaus 11 Jun 2018

Natural gas project that promised economic boom leaves PNG in ‘worse state’: report

Isabel Esterman 17 May 2018

Traditional landowners reject mining exploration bid in Bougainville

Catherine Wilson 27 Mar 2018

Rainforests: the year in review 2017

Rhett A. Butler 4 Jan 2018

Roads, dams and railways: Ten infrastructure stories from Southeast Asia in 2017

Mongabay.com 27 Dec 2017

For Papuan villagers practicing conservation, a bid to formalize the familiar

Christopel Paino 14 Dec 2017

Papua New Guinea gets its largest-ever conservation area

Morgan Erickson-Davis 8 Dec 2017

Experts seek ways to mitigate environmental impacts of infrastructure boom in Asia Pacific

Basten Gokkon 9 Oct 2017

‘Yoda bat’ happy to be recognized as new species

Mike Gaworecki 23 Aug 2017

US retailers halt sales of hardwood flooring linked to illegal logging in PNG

Mike Gaworecki 1 Aug 2017

Papua New Guinea moves to launch new coal mining industry

Catherine Wilson 16 May 2017

Scientists rediscover ‘lost’ monitor lizard in Papua New Guinea

Shreya Dasgupta 5 May 2017

Rio Tinto walks away from environmental responsibility for Bougainville’s Panguna mine

Catherine Wilson 6 Apr 2017

An ‘infrastructure tsunami’ for Asia: Q&A with researcher William Laurance

Isabel Esterman 6 Jan 2017

Papua New Guinea’s oil and gas boom – blessing or curse?

David Hutt 22 Dec 2016

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