In December 2012, on the sidelines of Islamic business forum in Malaysia, a man made a bold claim said his company, Menara Group held the rights to 4,000 square kilometres of rainforest for oil palm plantations in Indonesia. The basis of his claim was Tanah Merah project in Boven Digoel, Papua.
New report from Oakland Institute, Indonesia: The World Bank’s Failed East Asian Miracle details how Bank-backed policy reforms have led to the displacement, criminalization, and even murder of smallholder farmers and indigenous defenders to make way for mega-agricultural projects.
Le président indonésien a signé le mercredi 19 septembre 2018 un moratoire de trois ans qui suspend la mise à disposition de nouvelles terres pour les plantations de palmiers à huile dans le pays.
After three years of intensive research, CPR-Namati launch resource for frontline practitioners working with communities affected by land use change.
After three years of intensive research, Namati have launched Midcourse Manoeuvers: Community Strategies and Remedies for Natural Resource Conflicts in India, Indonesia, and Myanmar, a groundbreaking resource for frontline practitioners working with communities affected by land use change.
La récente confrontation entre le géant suisse de l’industrie alimentaire Nestlé et la Table ronde sur l’huile de palme durable (RSPO) met en lumière un fossé croissant autour de la certification.
A video from The Gecko Project following an indigenous Dayak man who shows how a corrupt land deals for oil palm plantation affecting village life in the interior of Indonesian Borneo, including their access to clean water.
Golden Veroleum quits Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil in response to accusations from a global watchdog that it failed to get consent from communities before expanding onto their lands.
The EU could commit to only import legal palm oil into the EU and engage in a dialogue with Indonesia to improve governance of palm oil production, says FERN
The decision was announced a week after Greenpeace issued a report that exposed links to Gama Plantation, a palm oil business that Greenpeace accused of destroying rainforest twice the size of Paris in Papua, Indonesia.
Les États signataires des Déclarations d’Amsterdam ont accordé 5 minutes aux acteurs de la société civile pour témoigner des conséquences directes de la déforestation
APB, the Dutch pension fund for government and education employees, announced it would divest 300,000 euros from Posco Daewoo over deforestation in Indonesian Papua.
