CATEGORIES
< 40 Minutes, Economy, Environment, Human Rights, Indigenous
KEYWORDS
Papua New Guinea, Development, Finance, Politics, Equality, Labor Rights, Law, Nature, Marginalization, Conservation, Ecology, Oceania
Director & Producer: David Fedele
2011 | 42 min
Oceania
Papua New Guinea | Australia
Languages: English, Tok-Pisin
Subtitles: English
BIG DAMAGE reveals the human face of logging in Papua New Guinea. It is a tale of exploitation and broken promises, where local people are treated as second-rate citizens in their own country by Malaysian logging companies and corrupt politicians. Customary landowners are forced into signing documents they don’t understand, for the promise of “development” – fresh water, health and education, but these essential services are rarely provided. Instead, their traditional hunting grounds are destroyed, waterways polluted, and their way of life ruined forever.
