You know the famous maxim ‘give and take’? It’s what makes relationships work… and Christmas. It’s how we achieve a balance between individual needs and wants, and the needs and wants of others.

The land rights of indigenous communities in Papua New Guinea were never questioned until logging companies took an interest in the value of the forest. The constitution itself recognises that 97 percent of the land belongs to indigenous communities.

Is your wood illegal? Your bookshelves, your floor, photocopy paper and even the cheap plywood at your local construction site could have come from the Paradise Forests.