Land and Forests - Jubilee Australia

Media release: Two years later: No action on earlier warning signs, still no beef, yet logging continues in Morobe

Latest News, Land and forests, Land and Forests

Release Date: 11 Aug 2026

A new investigation by ACT NOW! and Jubilee Australia Research Centre reveals that logging has continued unabated in the Wasu Forest Clearing Authority (FCA) area in the Tewae Siassi District of Morobe Province, despite serious concerns raised two years ago about the legality of the operation.

Media release: New investigation exposes ongoing abuse of Forest Clearing Authority logging licences

Latest News, Land and forests, Land and Forests

Release Date: 05 Aug 2026

Ecologically and culturally significant tropical forest in Papua New Guinea’s Western Province is being unlawfully logged under what appears to be a Forest Clearing Authority (FCA), according to evidence published in a new report by ACT NOW! and Jubilee Australia Research Centre.

Media Release: New report explores why East Kwaio communities in Solomon Islands resist logging to protect land and culture

Land and forests, Land and Forests

Release Date: 30 Jan 2026

Mai-Maasina Green Belt (MMGB) and Jubilee Australia Research Centre are excited to launch their new report ‘Sustaining Culture and Land – Why East Kwaio Communities have resisted logging.’

New Case Study: Chopping down a tropical rainforest to plant trees?

Latest News, Land and forests, Land and Forests

Release Date: 06 Aug 2025

This case study, the fourth in a series with ACT NOW!, has revealed serious concerns about ongoing logging operations under a Forest Clearing Authority (FCA) in Wanigela, Oro Province.

UN Committee urged to act on Indigenous rights violations and illegal logging in PNG

Latest News, Land and forests, Land and Forests

Release Date: 26 May 2025

ACT NOW! and Jubilee Australia Research Centre are urging a UN Committee to act on indigenous rights violations in PNG arising from illegal logging. The organisations have filed a formal request to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to consider taking action at its next meeting in August.

Media Release: New poster series in Solomon Islands, highlights the value of protecting traditional land management practices

Latest News, Land and forests, Land and Forests

Release Date: 24 Feb 2025

Jubilee Australia Research Centre and Mai-Maasina Green Belt (MMGB) are excited to launch our new poster series in Malaita, Solomon Islands. The posters highlight the importance of protecting traditional livelihoods and cultural land management practices, drawing from rich community discussions on land use and sustainable livelihoods in Malaita.

Statement: Call for charges to be dropped against Act Now Campaign Manager and Australian agencies to investigate further

Environment and human rights groups call on Parliament to strengthen Australia’s illegal logging laws

Latest News, Land and forests, Land and Forests

Release Date: 07 Jun 2024

Four environmental, human rights and faith groups have expressed support for a Bill that would strengthen prohibitions on importing wood that has been illegally logged. However, they are disappointed that the Bill has missed the opportunity to explicitly prohibit timber produced with the involvement of bribes, fraud and tax evasion from entering Australia.

PNG and Australian lenders providing millions to companies involved in destructive rainforest logging

Latest News, Land and forests, Illegal logging, Land and Forests

Release Date: 10 May 2023

In the last eight years, two finance companies and one equipment retailer have provided financing to at least 15 companies that are logging in PNG’s rainforests, new research by Act Now! and Jubilee Australia reveals. These loans are likely to have helped companies buy the bulldozers and trucks used to destroy millions of hectares of tropical rainforest.

Nearly 70% of PNG’s log exports can be traced to just ten Malaysian-linked corporate groupings

Latest News, Land and forests, Illegal logging, Land and Forests

Release Date: 06 Oct 2022

Nearly 70% of Papua New Guinea’s round log exports between 2019 and 2021 were concentrated in the hands of just ten groups of companies, all with strong links to Malaysia, according to new research by Act Now! and Jubilee Australia Research Centre.

Community struggling to access water and basic needs years after eviction

Changing PNG’s development path, Land and forests, Paga Hill, Land and Forests

Release Date: 09 Nov 2021

Research by Jubilee Australia Research Centre, Aid/Watch Australia and the Paga Hill community finds that a Port Moresby community who were evicted at the behest of an Australian-tied company are still struggling to access basic needs and rights, years later.

Land Summit in Papua New Guinea: a dangerous attack on the country’s unique customary land tenure system

Changing PNG’s development path, Land and forests, Illegal logging, Protect customary land, Land and Forests

Release Date: 02 May 2019

Oakland/Sidney – Jubilee Australia and the Oakland Institute denounce the National Land Summit, organized by the Papua New Guinea (PNG) government, as a dangerous attack on the country’s unique customary land tenure system. In a briefing paper released today, Land Summit or Land Grab?, the two organizations detail how the summit organized on May 1-3 2019 is an attempt by the PNG