Indonesia

Peluncuran webGIS Mata Papua
- Mata Papua
- 05 February 2018
Keterbatasan di tengah pentingnya informasi terkait penguasaan lahan dan berbagai industri ekstraktif di Papua menjadi alasan utama peluncuran webGIS Mata Papua sebagai alat monitoring baru.
Kalimantan villagers file complaint against RSPO in Switzerland
- Jakarta Globe
- 02 February 2018
An Indonesian community rights group has filed a complaint against the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil at the OECD for failing to address complaints by residents of two West Kalimantan villages.
Four new palm oil permits issued across Papua region
- Forest Hints
- 01 February 2018
Four new permits for palm oil expansion issued in Papua and West Papua provinces of Indonesia covering area almost the size of Singapore - major parts of which are comprised of high-density forest cover. One is given to Wilmar International key suppliers, Ganda group.
L’entreprise Wilmar International impliquée dans une fusillade policière contre deux fermiers sur une propriété d’huile de palme
- FPP
- 09 January 2018
Des ONGs indonésiennes se sont fortement opposées aux autorités du gouvernement d’Indonésie au sujet d’un incident qu’ils ont enregistré le 18 décembre 2017, lorsque des forces de police ont tiré et blessé deux fermiers sur une plantation d’huile de palme de l’entreprise Wilmar
In early push into Papua, palm oil firms set stage for massive forest plunder
- Mongabay
- 03 January 2018
Nearly 200 square kilometers of forest have been cleared in Merauke, Indonesia's Papua region since 2014 for the plantation, with 10 square kilometers being opened up just since October.
Land conflict records in Indonesia throughout 2017
- ILC
- 29 December 2017
The raising number of the land conflicts highlighting 2017 records in Indonesia. More than six hundred thousand families living in more than five hundred acres of land were impacted. Plantation sector is still dominating agrarian conflict with two hundred and eight cases found.
Peneliti: Perkebunan sawit dominasi konflik tanah
- CNN Indonesia
- 27 December 2017
Perkebunan kelapa sawit menjadi komoditas yang mendominasi konflik agraria di Indonesia pada 2017. Pola pengelolaan yang menindas warga sekitar jadi penyebabnya.
Strong protest to the brutality of Wilmar subsidiary and security forces shooting the farmers in Central Kalimantan
- Pusaka
- 20 December 2017
Two farmers from Central Kalimantan, Indonesia were shot inside oil palm plantation of PT. Bumi Sawit Kencana (BSK), a subsidiary of Wilmar Group. They were shot by police officer assigned to secure the plantation area.
Astra Agro Lestari kriminalisasi petani sawit di desa Polanto Jaya
- Info Sawit
- 17 December 2017
Sekitar 50-an warga Desa Polanto Jaya pada 14 Desember 2017 lalu melakukan aksi solidaritas di Pengadilan Negeri Pasang Kayu,Mamuju Utara, Sulawesi Barat. Aksi dipicu penahanan 4 Petani yang dituduh melakukan pencurian sawit milik anak usaha PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk.
Report: Ongoing labor abuse found in Pepsi’s Indonesian palm oil plantations
- VoA
- 06 December 2017
Workers at Indonesian palm oil plantations that supply Pepsi and Nestle suffer from labor abuses according to new report from RAN. The report covers three palm oil plantations operated by Indofood, the biggest food company in Indonesia.
Mengecam tindakan kekerasan aparat terhadap masyarakat adat Iwaro
- Pusaka
- 20 November 2017
Siaran pers mengecam tindak kekerasan aparat Brimob yang bertugas di areal perkebunan kelapa sawit PT. Permata Putera Mandiri (PPM, anak perusahaan ANJ Group)warga Kampung Puragi, Sorong Selatan, Papua Barat.
Chronology of violence by Brimob officers working in PT Permata Putera Mandiri's concession towards indigenous customary landowners in South Sorong
- Pusaka
- 19 November 2017
Starting in September, holders of customary land rights in South Sorong Regency, West Papua province, have staged a "customary law blockade" to areas of PT Permata Putera Mandiri (PT PPM)oil palm plantation. The blockade leads to violence by special police brigade (Brimob) to the villagers.