Dede Sophie

A lot of reforms aimed at stopping unsustainable logging and corruption which was exposed by the Barnett Commission of Inquiry have not been implemented after more than 30 years. Community Advocacy Organisation ‘ACT NOW PNG’ campaign Manager, Eddie Tanago, says that these are some of the important issues, for the new Forest Minister, Salio Waipo, to address. Mr. Tanago in a statement, says that it is shameful that nothing much has happened to stop the rampant illegal and unsustainable logging, despite the reforms to the Forestry Act in 1991. He says that the Forestry Act was supposed to mark the end of the Colonial era Timber Rights Purchase (TRP) Agreements, which were found to be full of abuses, the majority of log exports are still from TRP areas.  Mr. Tanago says, another permit that has been abused is the Forest Clearance Authority (FCA’s), which sees logging companies harvesting large forest areas, and not small and discreet areas for agricultural crops or roads....

I don’t know about you (so plz tell me), but right now my feet are itching like they’ve never itched before (thanks Corona). My second favourite place to visit at the moment (second only to the green grocers) is my kitchen. Anyone who knows me (which, despite my constant oversharing on the web, is very few people) knows that my culinary skills are like my taste in sexual partners – foreign and extremely varied… I didn’t learn how to cook until I left England, so I learnt how to cook Italian food in Italy, Thai food in Thailand and, well, you get the picture.. Now I’ve got my daily word vomit out of the way I’m going to do something unusual – stfu and let the experts take over: I searched for bloggers from all over the world and asked them what the best vegan food is from their country (and/or their adopted country). This is what they came up with: #1. Vegan Indian Food: Khichudi India is varied, so is her food culture. While a lot of us ea...