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Panguna campaigner Theonila Matbob wins award over Rio Tinto challenge

October 8, 2021

By Evan Schuurman Bougainville community leader and MP Theonila Roka Matbob has received the Gwynne Skinner Human Rights Award in recognition of her outstanding work to hold mining giant Rio Tinto to account for the legacy of environmental devastation caused by its former Panguna mine. Matbob, 31, is a traditional landowner from Makosi, just downstream ... <a title="Panguna campaigner Theonila Matbob wins award over Rio Tinto challenge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/08/panguna-campaigner-theonila-matbob-wins-award-over-rio-tinto-challenge/" aria-label="Read more about Panguna campaigner Theonila Matbob wins award over Rio Tinto challenge">Read more</a>

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Scott Waide: Will PNG project reviews mean more benefits for landowners?

April 7, 2019

This year is a crucial year for Papua New Guinea’s mining industry as important players – in Hela, Porgera and Madang – are being examined over their performance. Video: EMTV COMMENTARY: By Scott Waide in Lae Just into the fourth month of 2019, and resource projects in Papua New Guinea have come under scrutiny. Early ... <a title="Scott Waide: Will PNG project reviews mean more benefits for landowners?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/07/scott-waide-will-png-project-reviews-mean-more-benefits-for-landowners/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Waide: Will PNG project reviews mean more benefits for landowners?">Read more</a>

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Killings, arrests as military ‘flush out’ Mindanao environmental defenders

February 11, 2019

An international non-government organisation, The Global Witness, has reported that 48 individuals were killed in the country last year, a majority related to agribusiness. Image: Philstar By KEN E. CAGULA in Davao City The massive human rights violations committed against indigenous peoples or Lumads and peasants are designed to silence the opposition to the continuing ... <a title="Killings, arrests as military ‘flush out’ Mindanao environmental defenders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/killings-arrests-as-military-flush-out-mindanao-environmental-defenders/" aria-label="Read more about Killings, arrests as military ‘flush out’ Mindanao environmental defenders">Read more</a>