Ecological Internet's international protest supporting local Papua New Guinea resistance blows the project out of the water
January 16, 2008
By Ecological Internet, Contact: Dr. Glen Barry, +1 (920) 776-1075, glenbarry@ecologicalinternet.org
(Woodlark, Papua New Guinea) -- Ecological Internet welcomes reports that Vitroplant, shady developer of a proposed oil palm project on Woodlark Island in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea (PNG), has withdrawn. PNG's Minister for Agriculture and Livestock says no oil palm development will take place on Woodlark Island. Vitroplant's withdrawal was due to local and international pressure to conserve Woodlark Island's natural habitat.
The ill-conceived project was to have cleared 70% of the rainforests on biodiversity rich Woodlark Island, some 60,000...
Torture, Rape Undermine HIV/AIDS Prevention
Police violence against children remains rampant in Papua New Guinea, despite recent juvenile justice reform efforts, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Children and others in police custody are often raped and tortured....
A training of trainers programme in Fiji for participants from South Pacific island nations was held over 10 days (31 October - 11 November 2005), after which participants sat for an examination to be certified as LPI Level 1 Linux professionals. In conjunction with this training, local proctors were trained and certified....
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Completed productions of "Think Positive: The Asian Face of HIV/AIDS" are available for exchange between the participating broadcasters as well as being made available rights-free to all Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) members and other broadcasters....
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Six agricultural research and development institutes in Papua New Guinea are working together in a national agricultural information system (PNG-NAIS). They aim to maintain and exchange library and information resources to benefit both the individual institutions and the country as a whole. The core of the system is a shared library catalogue with information from 18 participating libraries. The web site, with some sections under development, also provides information about publications and reports produced in the country.
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