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Diana Mewerimbe - ELAW Interview Series
By: Priscila Néri
Posted: Aug 18 09
Witnessed: 1949 times
Regions: Papua New Guinea
Issues: Environment, Sustainable development
Tags: corruption, ELAW, forest, Law, logging
Logging in the rainforests of Papua New Guinea is an all too common occurrence. Using permits that are often irregular, companies log areas of the forest to make a profit while traditional landowners struggle to keep their homes and livelihoods. Diana Mewerimbe works with Papua New Guinea's Environmental Law Centre to help landowners fight for their rights against the logging companies. In this interview, she discusses her own personal decision to jump from practicing law in the private sector to the public and also explains why human rights cannot be disassociated from environmental rights.
MORE ON PAPUA NEW GUINEA:
-Hub Video: Chi Too - Paradise Forest Documentation
-Greenpeace: Broken Promises on the logging concession
-Video: Rapid Deforestation - Papua New Guinea
-Illegal Logging.info: PNG Forest Sector Plagued with serious problems
-Probe of Papua New Guinea logging ‘bribes'
-Research and Conservation Foundation of Papua New Guinea
-24% of Papua New Guinea's rainforest destroyed or degraded by logging in 30 years
Text by WITNESS intern Dave Taub
[Thanks to our amazing team of interns that made these interviews possible!]
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