Indonesia

Plan similar to MIFEE in FakFak
- Awas MIFEE
- 29 January 2014
Fakfak (on the Southern Coast of West Papua Province), has plans to start a program to develop integrated agribusiness similar to MIFEE in Merauke.
Palm oil company plan to slow deforestation 'another land-grab'
- The Ecologist
- 23 January 2014
A palm oil company's 'forest conservation' programme in Indonesia has ended up being a second land grab, writes Marcus Colchester - seizing resources from local communities' control.
Communion of Churches in Indonesia calls for MIFEE to be stopped!
- awasMIFEE
- 21 January 2014
The Communion of Churches in Indonesia has asked the Indonesian Government to call a halt to the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate project, because it will mean the indigenous Marind people’s local wisdom will be lost.
Golden Agri, APRIL under fresh scrutiny for unsustainable practices
- Eco-Business
- 20 January 2014
Communities face a “double whammy” in which High Carbon Stock areas restrict locals from cultivating the land while companies establish plantations outside of the zone where people are already farming.
Indonesian palm oil company demolishes homes and evicts villagers in week-long raid
- Mongabay
- 14 December 2013
Nearly 150 homes destroyed in the latest incident in conflict between indigenous Batin Sembilan residents and former Wilmar company.
Sarawak indigenous communities launch campaign against land grabbing
- Aliran
- 23 November 2013
Leaders of Sarawak indigenous groups gathered at a public forum in Kuching to launch an online signature campaign against land grabbing by private and government corporations in their communties.
Financiers of palm oil must stop deforestation and illegal activity
- FOE
- 21 November 2013
Illegal and harmful production of palmoil in Indonesia is continuing, reveals a new report released today by Friends of the Earth.
Banques françaises: dites non à l'huile de palme !
- Amis de la Terre
- 21 November 2013
La production illégale et destructrice d'huile de palme en Indonésie se poursuit, telle est la conclusion d'un nouveau rapport publié aujourd'hui par les Amis de la Terre.
Indonesia’s forest communities victims of ‘legal land grabs’
- Jakarta Globe
- 16 November 2013
Communities are finding that ancestral lands are slipping into the hands of foreign companies for oil palm cultivation, as demand for the product grows in Europe, India and China.
Major palm oil companies accused of breaking ethical promises
- Guardian
- 08 November 2013
Large plantations are destroying forests, damaging wildlife and causing social conflict in Asia and Africa, report finds.
Three years of MIFEE: A growing movement against plantations in West Papua
- Awas MIFEE
- 23 October 2013
Throughout Merauke Regency in the southern part of West Papua, a land controversially annexed by Indonesia 50 years ago, indigenous communities are having to learn fast how to resist corporate manipulations.
Greenpeace slams palm oil giant supplying Oreo, Gillette
- Jakarta Globe
- 22 October 2013
Oreo cookies and Gillette shaving cream are among products driving the destruction of Indonesia’s forests, Greenpeace says, accusing agri giant Wilmar for supplying “dirty palm oil” to make the grocery items.