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Surviving the Cannery
By: rise nuigini
Posted: Sep 7 09
Witnessed: 1246 times
Regions: Papua New Guinea
Issues: Corruption, Crimes against humanity, Environment, Food & health & development, Freedom of opinion & expression, Indigenous peoples, Racial discrimination, Sexual exploitation
Tags: accountability, corporations, environmental devastation, environmental justice, fishing, Kananam, land, Madang Lagoon
TUNA EXPLOITS THE PEOPLE IN PNG
Prostitution, marine life destruction, pollution, bad smells. Watch how the tuna industry is damaging the Madang Lagoon people and their natural resources in Papua New Guinea.
"The people of Kananam, we will no longer exist"
This controversial minidoco exposes the lawlessness, social exploitation and environmental destruction of an Filipino company operating against the wishes of indigenous people in beautiful Madang province. How long can they survive?
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