A woman from Papua New Guinea's East New Britain province says rampant logging on local land has devastated her community's lifestyle.
A local advocacy group projects that West Pomio District communities will suffer more than $US73 million worth of damage due to Special Agriculture Business Leases.
Act Now says a damages assessment was compiled by 17 Pomio communities who have lost over 42,000 hectares of customary land under the three leases operated mainly by Malaysian logging interests .
A spokesperson from the affected community of Malmaltalie, Ana Sipona, says villagers never agreed to the loss of their customary land or the logging and oil palm planting.
A logging road in Pomio Photo: Global Witness
