Indonesia

Could EU-Indonesia free trade deal end palm oil conundrum?
- Euractiv
- 10 July 2018
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
Executives of palm oil giant Wilmar resign a week after Greenpeace report
- Eco-Business
- 05 July 2018
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.
Ramon, Mina, Jean-Marie, Francky… Ils ont perdu leurs terres et leurs proches à cause de la déforestation
- Novethic
- 29 June 2018
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
Dutch pension fund divests from Posco Daewoo over deforestation in Indonesia
- Mongabay
- 26 June 2018
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.
Indonesia to investigate death of journalist being held for defaming palm oil company
- Mongabay
- 21 June 2018
Indonesia’s national commission on human rights has vowed to investigate the death of a journalist who was being held on charges of defaming a palm oil company owned by a powerful tycoon.
Daewoo's overseas agribusiness expansion
- GRAIN, Tany, Yayasan Pusaka
- 29 May 2018
South Korea’s Daewoo is one of world’s largest transnational conglomerates and continues to expand a business empire that extends from manufacturing and trade to natural resources like oil and gas, minerals and food.
Une lettre ouverte met en évidence la destruction des forêts, l'accaparement des terres et les violations des droits en Indonésie
- FPP
- 29 May 2018
Plus de 200 organisations indonésiennes ont adressé une lettre ouverte soulignant les effets néfastes du secteur de l'huile de palme en Indonésie au président de la République d'Indonésie, au président du Conseil de l'Union européenne et aux dirigeants des États membres de l'UE.
Nous pouvons vivre de la forêt, pas du palmier à huile
- FPP
- 30 April 2018
Une coalition de la société civile a mené une action devant le Ministère de l’environnement et des forêts de l'Indonésie pour protester contre un permis d’octroi des terres forestières étatiques à une entreprise du secteur du palmier à huile, PT Menara Wasior.
Ghosts in the machine
- The Gecko Project
- 18 April 2018
Second installment of Indonesia for Sale, an in-depth series of articles on the corruption behind Indonesia’s deforestation and land rights crisis. Ghosts in the machine exposing land deals behind the downfall of Indonesia’s top judge.
How a series of shady deals turned a chunk of Borneo into a sea of oil palm
- Mongabay
- 27 Mar 2018
Report uncovers an elaborate and coordinated scheme In Indoensia to establish shell companies, endow them each with licenses for thousands of hectares of land, and then sell them on to some of the region’s biggest palm oil conglomerates.
The oil palm giant`s troubles
- Tempo
- 22 Mar 2018
Around 100 Nagari Maligi residents (‘nagari’ means village in the local language) have been protesting for days at the Wilmar Group’s representative office in West Pasaman, Sumatra, Indonesia since March 9.
Indonesia: Exploitation of women and violation of their rights in oil palm plantations
- WRM
- 07 Mar 2018
The expansion of oil palm plantations in Indonesia has turned women into landless food buyers and cheap labour, with no adequate safety and health protection, for the plantation companies.