Indonesia

West Papua Oil Palm Atlas: The companies behind the plantation explosion
- WRM
- 16 October 2015
The oil palm industry’s rapid growth in West Papua, Indonesia is having serious adverse effects on its indigenous population.
Indonesia's Minister of Agriculture will gather 20 prospective cattle farm investors
- ThePresidentPost
- 17 September 2015
Brazilian investors are currently building a cattle farm of 3,000 hectares in the eastern part of Sumba Island, East Nusa Tenggara.
Norway’s wealth fund expels POSCO, Daewoo Int’l over palm oil holdings
- Mongabay
- 18 August 2015
Norway’s central bank is divesting the country’s $870 billion pension fund of its holdings in four Asian multinationals for palm oil in Southeast Asia. POSCO and Daewoo were excluded for the activities in Merauke, Indonesia’s Papua province.
FGV aims to seal deal for Eagle High stake by end-October
- Deal Street Asia
- 17 August 2015
Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGV) aims to enter into a definitive agreement for its proposed acquisition of Indonesian palm oil company PT Eagle High Plantations Tbk by October 31 this year.
Relaunching destruction in Papua: monoculture agriculture project threatens indigenous lands and livelihoods
- WRM
- 08 August 2015
A large-scale agriculture project in Indonesia's southern Papua province has been relaunched, targeting 1.2 million hectares of indigenous land to develop rice farms over the next three years.
La aspereza del aceite de palma
- El País
- 08 August 2015
Malasia e Indonesia controlan el 80% de un industria que mueve 45.000 millones y tiene efectos nefastos en el medioambiente.
Palm oil company is accused of exploiting Liberia’s Ebola crisis
- New York Times
- 01 August 2015
Golden Veroleum has denied using the Ebola crisis to take advantage of Liberian communities but local officials and en disagree.
Des agriculteurs cambodgiens à l'assaut de Bolloré
- AFP
- 29 July 2015
Une cinquantaine de paysans assignent en justice le groupe implanté au Cambodge. Ils déplorent expropriations et déplacements de populations.
Mounting complaints put Wilmar under scrutiny
- Eco-Business
- 21 July 2015
The world's largest palm oil trader faces accusations against unresolved land grabbing and human rights issues by its concessions in Asia and Africa, but says it stands by its sustainability policy.
The Mahuzes (trailer)
- Indonesia Biru
- 11 July 2015
Ketika Papua dipaksa menjadi lumbung pangan dan energi dunia, berbasis korporasi
Infrastructural violence and the monopoly system in Indonesia’s oil palm plantation zone
- MSH-M
- 09 July 2015
Tania Murray Li of the University of Toronto explains how the devastating expansion of oil palm plantations in Indonesia shows what can be expected from the current expansion of the plantation model elsewhere around the world.
Palm oil giant Wilmar resorts to dirty tricks
- FPP
- 08 July 2015
World’s largest palm oil trading company, Wilmar International Ltd., under scrutiny as communities accuse its suppliers of harassment, deception and rights abuses.