Indonesia

Indonesia's land acquisition bill will intensify landgrabbing, says Asian peasant group
- APC
- 17 December 2011
Asian Peasant Coalition's press release on land grabbing in Indonesia
Indonesia taken to task over MIFEE
- Down to Earth
- 30 November 2011
The following report, by independent researcher Anna Bolin, explores the global trends and influences at work behind agriculture mega-projects like MIFEE in Papua.
The Land of Papua: A continuing struggle for land and livelihoods
- DTE
- 16 November 2011
This special edition of DTE newsletter focuses on some of the past and present campaigns and debates around top-down development in Papua and the impact on communities, including the Merauke Estate massive land grab
Bunge to invest in palm plantation company
- PR Newswire
- 02 November 2011
Under the terms of the agreement, Bunge will acquire 35% of PT Bumiraya Investindo, a subsidiary of TPS Food, which has 25,000 ha in palm oil concessions in Indonesia.
UN wants to send Special Rapporteur to Indonesia to investigate MIFEE
- West Papua Media Alerts
- 17 October 2011
The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights is being invited to visit Indonesia in connection with MIFEE, the Merauke Integrated Energy and Food Project in West Papua, a mega-project of 1.6m ha for agri-business purposes.
Producteurs d'huile de palme cherchent terrains
- Jeune Afrique
- 07 October 2011
Soumis à des contraintes d’espace, les groupes asiatiques multiplient les accords en Afrique. Si le pari est parfois risqué, les perspectives de la demande mondiale en huile de palme leur laissent entrevoir un fort retour sur investissement.
Indonesian farmers win ‘land grab’ legal battle
- ucanews.com
- 22 September 2011
Four indigenous farmers won a legal battle Monday to have two controversial articles struck from a plantation law which they say prevent them from attempting to reclaim lost ancestral lands.
Sumatran tribe say lands stolen for palm oil
- Jakarta Globe
- 19 September 2011
The Anak Dalam Sungai Beruang say the Wilmar Group subsidiary, Asiatic Persada, forced them off their ancestral homelands.
Palm oil fuels land grabs in Africa
- Pambazuka
- 15 September 2011
As foreign investors descend on Africa to develop large-scale palm oil plantations, the survival of local people is being threatened as they lose control of the land and water on which they depend for their food production and livelihoods
Swiss giant Glencore may bid for KS Oils
- Times of India
- 13 September 2011
The world's largest commodities trader Glencore International AG is evaluating a bid for KS Oils, a leading Indian edible oil firm that has recently been acquiring farmland in Indonesia
New frontier palm oil players look to RSPO
- Reuters
- 05 September 2011
African and South American palm oil players are flocking to join the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, highlighting a growing trend of the industry’s rapid expansion outside main producing region Southeast Asia
Cargill supplier linked to violence and home demolition in Indonesia
- RAN
- 29 August 2011
Newly uncovered customs data unearthed by Rainforest Action Network links agriculture trading giant Cargill to recent acts of violence, intimidation and home demolition against Indigenous villagers on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.