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Australian fight to protect koala habitats in northern NSW heats up

August 26, 2023

The battle to stop the destruction in Australia of critical koala habitats in state forests in Northern NSW has escalated in recent weeks. Wendy Bacon reports on the campaign from daring lock-ons and vigils in the depth of forests to rallies, parliament and courts in Sydney which has led to a halt to logging in ... <a title="Australian fight to protect koala habitats in northern NSW heats up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/26/australian-fight-to-protect-koala-habitats-in-northern-nsw-heats-up/" aria-label="Read more about Australian fight to protect koala habitats in northern NSW heats up">Read more</a>

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Blinken, Daki sign controversial US-PNG defence pact after day of protests

May 23, 2023

The National, Port Moresby Papua New Guinea yesterday intialled a defence cooperation agreement with the United States amid day-long protests against the signing by university students and opposition MPs. The agreement was signed by PNG Defence Minister Win Daki and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. A statement by the US State Department said the ... <a title="Blinken, Daki sign controversial US-PNG defence pact after day of protests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/23/blinken-daki-sign-controversial-us-png-defence-pact-after-day-of-protests/" aria-label="Read more about Blinken, Daki sign controversial US-PNG defence pact after day of protests">Read more</a>

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New sighting of endemic bird signals need to stop logging in the Solomons

January 30, 2021

By Priestley Habru in Honiara Solomon Islands’ environmental authorities have highlighted the need to protect the forests from logging following a recent report on new distributional sightings of the blue-faced parrotfinch, or Erythrura trichroa. The bird revealed its existence on Malaita and Makira islands and the report, published in the Wilson Journal of Ornithology on ... <a title="New sighting of endemic bird signals need to stop logging in the Solomons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/30/new-sighting-of-endemic-bird-signals-need-to-stop-logging-in-the-solomons/" aria-label="Read more about New sighting of endemic bird signals need to stop logging in the Solomons">Read more</a>

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Rebecca Kuku: PNG’s Gulf Province, ignored for too long but now I’m back

December 31, 2020

By Rebecca Kuku in Kerema Gulf Province is only six hours away from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea’s capital city, and is one of the most least developed provinces in the country. Its main town, Kerema, is in a sad state. The market has closed, forcing locals to sell their fresh fish and garden food ... <a title="Rebecca Kuku: PNG’s Gulf Province, ignored for too long but now I’m back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/31/rebecca-kuku-pngs-gulf-province-ignored-for-too-long-but-now-im-back/" aria-label="Read more about Rebecca Kuku: PNG’s Gulf Province, ignored for too long but now I’m back">Read more</a>

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Juffa welcomes inter agency probe with logging spot checks in Oro

August 20, 2020

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Oro Governor Gary Juffa has welcomed a joint investigations team, led by Papua New Guinea’s Office of Immigrations and Citizenship Authority, to the province, reports the PNG Post-Courier. The team, comprising police national fraud and anti-corruption directorate and Immigration officers, would visit several logging sites in the province to carry out ... <a title="Juffa welcomes inter agency probe with logging spot checks in Oro" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/20/juffa-welcomes-inter-agency-probe-with-logging-spot-checks-in-oro/" aria-label="Read more about Juffa welcomes inter agency probe with logging spot checks in Oro">Read more</a>

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Tarcisius Kabutaulaka: Logging bonanza hasn’t helped Solomon Islands landowners

May 30, 2019

COMMENTARY: By Tarcisius Kabutaulaka Since the late 1980s, the logging industry has dominated the Solomon Islands economy. For nearly three decades, it has accounted for about 50 percent of the country’s foreign exchange revenue. In 2018, round logs account for 70 percent of Solomon Islands total exports. Eighty percent of that is exported to China. ... <a title="Tarcisius Kabutaulaka: Logging bonanza hasn’t helped Solomon Islands landowners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/30/tarcisius-kabutaulaka-logging-bonanza-hasnt-helped-solomon-islands-landowners/" aria-label="Read more about Tarcisius Kabutaulaka: Logging bonanza hasn’t helped Solomon Islands landowners">Read more</a>