The customary land described as Special Agriculture and Business Lease (SABL) portion 144c was granted to the Sepik Oil Palm Plantation back in 2008 for development but after a long court battle between customary landowners and developers, the Supreme Court agreed with the National Court’s decision to revoke the SABL.
Planting of oil palm, and any associated activities in relation to oil palm planting, construction of any infrastructure, logging road, loading of logs onto ships, and employing of labour are now illegal.
