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Landowner Sakas Aonomo stands on a stockpile of logs at Wawai Guavi Block 3, Middle Fly, Western Province, PNG. His family is trying to stop more logging roads passing through their land. " ...I feel very sad and upset and frustrated about my land being destroyed."
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Industrial logging companies cut down and export ancient forest timber
in large scale operations. They plunder the forest and strip indigenous
communities of their homes and food sources. They often pay no respect
to national laws and customary rights by illegally logging, processing
and exporting the timber around the world, including the European
Union, Japan and China. Then they move on to the next area to continue
the destruction.
Virtually all large scale logging operations in PNG and up to 80 per cent of logging operations in Indonesia operate illegally. One of the most notorious logging companies destroying Papua New Guinea is Rimbunan Hijau.
Virtually all large scale logging operations in PNG and up to 80 per cent of logging operations in Indonesia operate illegally. One of the most notorious logging companies destroying Papua New Guinea is Rimbunan Hijau.
