In a historic win, Papua New Guinea acts against logging tax cheats. What happens next?
Papua New Guinea’s government has taken big, bold action against a logging company
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Blog Post | July 26, 2023
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Press Release | October 07, 2021 Household brands and global financiers including BlackRock linked to clearance of tropical rainforest, human rights abuses in Papua New Guinea
Undercover investigation reveals tainted palm oil has been sold on to household brands including Kellogg’s, Nestlé, and The Hershey Company
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Blog Post | October 07, 2021 Capital is tearing down one of the last great rainforests – we need government action to protect them
It's not just the Amazon that is under threat. Governments must act to protect all the world's forests from the destructive agribusinesses and global financiers fuelling their destruction
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Long Read | October 07, 2021 The true price of palm oil
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Country | October 14, 2020 Papua New Guinea
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Press Release | May 11, 2020 Global finance enabling community exploitation, human rights abuses - and the destruction of one of the world’s most biodiverse rainforests
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Article | May 11, 2020 Bending the Truth
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Blog Post | September 23, 2019 Global Finance is Still Destroying the World’s Biggest Rainforests
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Press Release | September 23, 2019 Revealed: major banks and investors including Barclays, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, BlackRock are pouring money into global forest destruction
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Press Release | November 12, 2018 People of Papua New Guinea call on China to take urgent action on illegal wood imports
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Press Release | October 18, 2018 Alarm bells sound for China’s trade reputation, as new report reveals destructive logging of Solomon Islands’ rainforests risks illegality
Briefings
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Briefing Document | November 20, 2017 China's high-risk timber trade: Lessons from Papua New Guinea
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Briefing Document | July 02, 2015 “The days of banging a million bucks into a secret account in Singapore are over”
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Briefing Document | March 19, 2015 Papua New Guinea – One of the Biggest Land Grabs in Modern History
Press Releases
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Press Release | October 07, 2021 Household brands and global financiers including BlackRock linked to clearance of tropical rainforest, human rights abuses in Papua New Guinea
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Press Release | May 11, 2020 Global finance enabling community exploitation, human rights abuses - and the destruction of one of the world’s most biodiverse rainforests
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Press Release | September 23, 2019 Revealed: major banks and investors including Barclays, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, BlackRock are pouring money into global forest destruction
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Press Release | November 12, 2018 People of Papua New Guinea call on China to take urgent action on illegal wood imports
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Press Release | October 18, 2018 Alarm bells sound for China’s trade reputation, as new report reveals destructive logging of Solomon Islands’ rainforests risks illegality
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Press Release | February 22, 2018 Papua New Guinea hosts APEC meeting on illicit timber trade while allowing illegal loggers to destroy its forests
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Press Release | February 16, 2018 Global Witness announced as a new beneficiary of the Dutch Postcode Lottery
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Press Release | January 16, 2018 Global Witness awarded funding from People’s Postcode Lottery to support vital work preserving one of the world’s last major rainforests in Papua New Guinea
Reports
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Report | July 30, 2018 A Major Liability
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Report | August 01, 2017 Stained Trade
Blogs
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Blog Post | July 26, 2023 In a historic win, Papua New Guinea acts against logging tax cheats. What happens next?
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Blog Post | October 07, 2021 Capital is tearing down one of the last great rainforests – we need government action to protect them
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Blog Post | September 23, 2019 Global Finance is Still Destroying the World’s Biggest Rainforests
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Blog Post | March 15, 2018 Why I’m cautiously hopeful about China’s baby steps towards regulating timber imports
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Blog Post | January 16, 2018 With the support of People's Postcode Lottery, we can keep fighting to protect the 'lungs of the planet'