Indonesia’s decision to revoke plantation permits across the country is marred with irregularities including companies continuing to operate or engage in conflicts with Indigenous and local communities.
The Korean corporation aims to secure 850,000 ha of arable land and produce grain through joint ventures in major farming countries such as Australia, North America and South America.
- Business Korea
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05 May 2023
Illegal oil palm plantations spanning an area one and a half times the size of London have been amnestied under an Indonesian government program that critics say incentivizes corporations over small farmers.
PT Kenertec Power Systems, a company belonging to the Korindo group has agreed to end a long-running lawsuit intended to silence a civil society campaign to protect rainforest, in Indonesia’s Papua province, threatened by Korindo’s extensive palm oil operations after a judge in Germany set to dismiss the case.
Indigenous leader of the Awyu people filed an environmental and land rights lawsuit challenging the plan by a Malaysian-owned palm oil company that will clear tens of thousands of hectares of West Papuan forest.
- Pusaka Bentala Rakyat
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14 Mar 2023
An investigation by Mongabay, The Gecko Project and BBC News found villagers across Indonesia gave up their land to corporations in exchange for a share of the palm oil boom but have been left with empty promises. Tom Walker, head of research at The Gecko Project, argues that increasing transparency, accountability and investigations of errant companies are critical steps that could be taken to solve the problem.
- Mongabay
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23 February 2023
Deforestasi akibat aktivitas pembukaan lahan untuk perkebunan kelapa sawit di Papua cenderung meningkat. Yayasan Pusaka Bentala Rakyat mencatat terdapat lima perusahaan perkebunan yang melakukan penggundulan hutan pada 2022 yakni: PT Inti Kebun Sawit (IKS); PT Inti Kebun Sejahtera (IKSJ); PT Permata Nusa Mandiri (PNM); PT Subur Karunia Raya (SKR) dan PT Internusa Jaya Sejahtera (IJS).
- Betahita
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16 February 2023
As the palm oil industry swept through Indonesia, it transformed millions of hectares of land into plantations. An opaque system supposed to improve rural livelihoods has left villagers waiting for profits — and answers.
- The Gecko Project
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12 December 2022
Poor planning and ignoring advice of indigenous groups resulted in flooding, failed crops and left behind arid, barren land that could exacerbate the climate crisis
On the ground and in the courts, members of the Moi indigenous group are resisting oil palm expansion in West Papua, Indonesia
- China Dialogue
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15 November 2022
Pada April 2020, saat pandemi Covid-19 mulai melanda dunia, Pemerintah Indonesia mengumumkan rencana untuk mengubah ratusan ribu hektare lahan menjadi ‘Food Estates’. Laporan ini fokus pada satu aspek yang sangat mengganggu dari proyek food estate – peran militer dan Kementerian Pertahanan dalam pengelolaan food estate.
- TAPOL dan AwasMIFEE
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02 November 2022
Protestors accused the Chinese company PT Julong Group Indonesia of taking over local land illegally for palm oil cultivation.