Roots and rights, navigating access to customary land across Melanesia
- Pacific Legal Network
- 4 hours ago
- 1 min read
By Angela Ipara, Aminah Salmang, William Kadi and Ruth Garry
Understanding customary land ownership is crucial for anyone conducting or planning to conduct business across the Pacific.
In this insight article, we explore key considerations for engaging with customary land in Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Solomon Islands. Specifically, we provide guidance on:
navigating the legislative framework across these jurisdictions,
the challenges on managing customary land,
key steps that must be undertaken to occupy customary land + more
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