Frieda River: PNG communities back mine development but oppose tailings dam
The Frieda River is a tributary near the remote headwaters of Papua New Guinea's Sepik River, perhaps the most significant inland waterway in the Pacific.
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The Frieda River is a tributary near the remote headwaters of Papua New Guinea's Sepik River, perhaps the most significant inland waterway in the Pacific.
Environmental activists in a remote part of Papua New Guinea are celebrating, with a proposed copper and gold mine, which they say had ignored them, now forced to consult with them.
Emmanuel Peni’s first response to a list of questions about his role in a campaign against a proposed copper and gold mine is to send back an idyllic photo of the Sepik River, his home, with a tray of freshly caught fish in the foreground. “The Sepik River is us, and we are the Sepik […]
It's called the 'second Amazon'. But like the Amazon, a pristine river system to Australia's north has become a battleground.
It's a little-known natural wonder just north of Australia, but the Sepik River is at the centre of a bitter dispute over development.