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World’s biggest deforestation project gets underway in Papua for sugarcane
Excavators have begun clearing land in the Indonesian region of Papua in what’s been described as the largest deforestation ...
Rainforest labs: How tech helps Indigenous communities fight deforestation - and save the planet
Cool Earth, a climate change charity bringing tech to the rainforest, is building labs and training Indigenous communities ...
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Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is richly endowed with natural resources, but exploitation has been hampered by rugged terrain, land tenure issues, and the high cost of developing infrastructure. The ...
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Cost-benefit analysis exposes ‘bogus’ promises of palm oil riches for Papuans
A study by an Indonesian NGO challenges government claims that oil palm cultivation is a driver of economic welfare and ...
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Pope Francis lands in Papua New Guinea
Pope Francis landed in Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby on Friday ... the environment in a country that has recorded extensive deforestation in recent decades and has been hit by natural ...
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Pope calls for greater care of indigenous populations in Papua New Guinea
Deforestation and pollution from mining operations also are affecting the nation's water supplies. "Climate change is real," Papua New Guinea Governor-General Bob Dadae told the Pope Saturday in ...
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In Papua New Guinea, Pope calls for resource equity, end to violence
Papua New Guinea is home to the third greatest biodiversity in the world but suffers from significant deforestation due to agriculture and logging. Pope Francis receives a boat as a gift from an ...
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Pope Francis in Papua New Guinea reaches out to 'peripheries' of Catholic Church
Francis, 87, began a 12-day, four-country, two-continent tour last week. PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea -- Pope Francis boarded an Australian Royal Air Force C-130 on Sunday and flew over the ...