Our major reports are the result of painstaking research and investigation, sometimes taking months or even years. They drive and inform our work. We encourage you to download them. We also have hard copies available: email us at [email protected]
MINING & CONSENT
SCRAMBLE FOR RESOURCES (2022)
This report outlines how the Autonomous Region of Bougainville has become the target of a scramble for resources. The region, which is pursuing independence fro...
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BLANK CHEQUE (2020)
This paper explores proposed changes to the Bougainville Mining Act. It finds that the amendments undermine the principle of landowner consent and could lead to...
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THE RIVER IS NOT OURS (2019)
This report examines the environmental and social impacts of the proposed Frieda River mine and the views of local communities regarding the mine. It finds that...
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ON SHAKY GROUND (2018)
This report examines the impacts of the PNG LNG project on the local communities. It finds undelivered development promises, a frustrated community, and increas...
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THE DEVIL IN THE DETAIL (2015)
This report outlines the serious deficiencies in the new Bougainville Mining Law and what the law might mean for the people of Bougainville.
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VOICES OF BOUGAINVILLE (2014)
This investigative report explores the views of the communities living around the Panguna mine, site of our region's most bloody civil war, to their past, their...
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THE SUKUNDIMI WALKS BEFORE ME (2021...
This report explores the dangers posed by the proposed Frieda River Mine to the Sepik River and urges its rejection by Papua New Guinean government authorities....
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A LINE IN THE SAND (2021)
This report looks at two black sand mining projects in Fiji - the Ba Ironsands Project operated by Australian company Amex Resources Limited, and the proposed S...
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FROM EXTRACTION TO INCLUSION (2020)
This report co-published with ActNow! PNG and The Oakland Institute outlines how foreign companies have profited from natural resource extraction in PNG at the...
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LAND SUMMIT OR LAND GRAB? (2019)
This briefing paper detail how the summit organized on May 1-3 2019 is an attempt by the PNG government to ‘mobilize’ customary land to allow greater access to...
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UNDER THE INFLUENCE (2007)
This report explores the role that the IMF and World Bank have played in supporting deforestation and land grabbing in PNG and Indonesia.
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HAUS BAGARAP, HEVI KAMAP (2021)
Between 2012 and 2014, the people of Paga Hill, PNG, were evicted from their homes. Our joint report with Aid/Watch and the Paga Hill community reveals they now...
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THE MONEY BEHIND THE CHAINSAWS (202...
Over the past 20 years, the forests of PNG have been the site of a resource grab on a massive scale that has seen billions of dollars’ worth of valuable tropica...
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THE COAL AGENDA (2020)
This 2020 report raises significant concerns about a proposal from an ASX listed Australian energy company, Mayur Resources, to build the Pacific’s first coal-f...
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HOT MONEY (2021)
This briefing paper looks at Export Finance Australia and NAIF's financing of fossil fuels. As private banks shy away from lending to fossil fuel projects, publ...
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FOSSIL FUEL PUSHERS (2021)
This report finds that over the past decade, public financial institutions overseas have pumped $AUD36.7 billion into Australian fossil fuel projects, with the...
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GROWING BOUGAINVILLE’S FUTURE (2018...
This report examines the choice facing the people of Bougainville and asks the question of ‘to mine or not to mine’?
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DOUBLE OR NOTHING (2018)
This report compares the predictions about PNG LNG's impacts on the national economy with the actual economic results. It finds that PNG LNG has contributed to...
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PIPE DREAMS (2012)
This detailed report about PNG LNG predicted many of the problems that the huge gas project in the Southern Highlands region would bring to the country and exam...
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ALTERNATIVES TO DEBTORS’ PRISON (20...
This report outlines why the rules of international sovereign debt are skewed in favour of rich countries and against poor countries. It also describes how a fa...
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DEBT CHALLENGES IN PACIFIC ISLAND C...
Pacific countries are currently facing two interrelated challenges. First, a regional debt crisis that has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, and second...
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ENTER THE DRAGON (2019)
This report critiques the proposed Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific, arguing that the rationale for the scheme has been made on faul...
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RISKY BUSINESS (2009)
This report examines the status of our export credit agency and its role in supporting extractive industry projects in the Asia-Pacific region. The report aims...
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