Malaysian banks have been urged to apply more regulations on finance for forest clearance in Papua New Guinea.
Environmental justice NGO Global Witness has released a new report into international financing of deforestation.
It says six companies associated with destruction of the world's main forests received $US44 billion in finance over the past six years.
Malaysian financial institutions have been identified as major backers of logging and oil palm activities in PNG.
A policy advisor with Global Witness, Lela Stanley, told Johnny Blades why the NGO sees this as problematic.
Landowners walking along a logging road in an illegally logged forest, Metamin area, New Hanover, PNG. Photo: Global Witness Media Hub
Meanwhile, Rimbunan Hijau has denied that its operations in PNG have infringed landowner rights.
