Little common ground as land grab splits a people

By Jo Chandler
Updated November 10 2012 - 1:00am, first published October 14 2011 - 3:15pm
Into the fire ... Rita Foxcy on her land near Kiunga, which is subject to a special agricultural and business lease.
Into the fire ... Rita Foxcy on her land near Kiunga, which is subject to a special agricultural and business lease.
Contentious ... Jackson Ubre paddles from Drimgas, on the Fly River, near Kiunga.
Contentious ... Jackson Ubre paddles from Drimgas, on the Fly River, near Kiunga.

From 200 metres up, the jungles of Papua New Guinea's Western Province look like close-packed heads of broccoli. The canopy is so dense you can't see the trees for the forest.

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