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Cancellation of flawed Papua New Guinea land leases halted | Pacific Beat | ABC Radio Australia
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In June last year, prime minister Peter O’Neill and his cabinet ordered the cancellation almost 30 leases identified by a commission of inquiry.

The leases cover millions of hectares of land, most of which has been leased without landowner consent.

Court action by leaseholders reluctant to relinquish their titles has left some landowers powerless as logging companies continue their activities.

#peuples_autochtones #papouasie_nouvelle_guinée #forêt #industrie_du_bois #terres

À Shanghai, deux morts, une femme dans un état critique : souche de #grippe_aviaire encore jamais détectée chez l’homme.

Two die from avian flu in China | ABC Radio Australia
▻http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2013-03-31/two-die-from-avian-flu-in-china/1109384

Two people in China have died from avian flu, China’s official news agency has reported.

The two men, aged 87 and 27, died in Shanghai after contracting the #H7N9 strain of avian influenza, which had previously never been passed on to humans.

The men became sick in late February and died in early March, the Xinhua News Agency said.

The agency says a 35 year-old woman in nearby Anhui province has also contracted the deadly virus and is in a critical condition.

Apparemment, pas trop contagieuse car non transmise aux proches des victimes…

It is not known how the victims became infected, although the NHFPC says H7N9 does not seem highly contagious as no health concerns were detected among the victims’ 88 closest contacts.