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Papua New Guinea leaders struggle to monitor deep-sea mining activities off its coast
The kind of deep-sea mining that we've examined this week is only legally permitted inside a country's territorial waters.
Mongabay2d
World’s biggest deforestation project gets underway in Papua for sugarcane
Excavators have begun clearing land in the Indonesian region of Papua in what’s been described as the largest deforestation ...
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Papua New Guinea locals concerned over deep-sea mining’s impact on culture and environment
The companies that create technology used on a daily basis often run into traditional cultures and the environment that ...
The Cool Down on MSN4d
Researchers stunned by discovery during deep-sea exploration off coast of Papua New Guinea: 'The rainforest of the ocean'
"Our assessment will provide a thorough understanding of the places we explore." Researchers stunned by discovery during deep ...
‘Lost’ creature missing for 55 years had never been photographed — until now. See it
But as human intervention reaches deeper and deeper into these untouched places, discovering lost species has become even ...
Philippine Daily Inquirer13d
In Papua New Guinea, Pope Francis holds mass ‘at the edge of the world’
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea — Pope Francis held an open-air mass for tens of thousands of Papua New Guinea’s faithful on Sunday, imploring this nation “at the edge of the world” to draw ...
Catholic News Agency14d
Pope Francis’ Mass in Papua New Guinea: ‘Open yourselves to the joy of the Gospel’
Approximately 35,000 Catholics from across Papua New Guinea and Oceania came together at the venue, united in their faith and buoyed by the uplifting chants of the Port Moresby Catholic choir’s ...
Reuters14d
Pope Francis, in resource-rich Papua New Guinea, urges fair treatment for workers
Pope calls for sustainable development of PNG's resources Pope appeals for end to tribal violence, Bougainville resolution PNG governor-general thanks pope for humanitarian advocacy PORT MORESBY ...
Asia News14d
Pope from Port Moresby: ‘Let the riches of the land and sea be for all’
Port Moresby (AsiaNews) - In distributing the proceeds of the resources of Papua New Guinea's land and water ... the seabed through new deep sea miningprojects . This is why, addressing the ...
The Jakarta Post14d
Pope Francis to receive Argentine welcome in remote Papua New Guinea town
ope Francis will arrive in one of the world's most remote Catholic communities in Papua New Guinea on Sunday to something approaching home: a group of Argentine missionaries who plan to welcome ...
Catholic News Agency15d
Pope Francis asks Papua New Guinea Catholics to spread the Gospel to ‘peripheries’
Pope Francis called on Catholics in Papua New Guinea on Saturday to continue in their efforts of bringing the Gospel to the most marginalized and remote communities within the country. During a ...
National Catholic Reporter15d
In Papua New Guinea, Pope Francis confronted with status of women in church, society
In his first address in Papua New Guinea on Sept. 7, Pope Francis deviated from his prepared remarks to specifically highlight women as "ones who carry the country forward." "They give life ...