Indonesia

Merauke estate ‘may threaten’ local stocks, livelihoods
- Jakarta Post
- 13 June 2011
Indonesia's food estate policy that has encouraged foreign investment in agriculture may not prevent potential food crises, activists say.
MIFEE: Tak terjangkau angan Malind
- Pusaka
- 09 June 2011
New publication explores the likely impacts of the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE) on the Malind peoples of Southern Papua in Indonesia. In Bahasa Indonesia.
Q+A: Palm oil, growth and Indonesia's forest clearing ban
- Reuters
- 26 May 2011
Indonesia, the world's No.1 palm oil producer, signed into law a 2-year freeze on new permits that may prompt palm oil firms to seek new ways to grow supply to meet rising demand from India and China, such as buying more land in Africa
Half of Indonesia’s oil palm plantations foreign-owned
- Antara
- 13 May 2011
The Environmental Forum of Indonesia says fifty-percent of the country’s oil palm plantations are owned by foreign parties.
MIFEE must benefit indigenous Papuans, everyone
- Jakarta Post
- 30 April 2011
Hunting grounds and forests will be handed over for nothing unless development promises are translated into compensation that provides remedies for the economic, social, cultural and environmental impacts of the MIFEE project on local people, according to Sawit Watch in Indonesia
Resisting agribusiness development: The Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate
- LDPI
- 19 April 2011
The emerging resistance against MIFEE is located within a national (and international) alliance against land grabs and within the indigeous movement against Indonesian occupation and exploitation.
Asian palm oil: limited supply
- FT
- 18 April 2011
Industry giants such as Malaysia’s Sime Darby and Singapore’s Olam and Wilmar International are scrambling for fresh space in equatorial Africa.
Palm oil giants target Africa in 'land grab' following Indonesia deforestation ban
- Ecologist
- 25 Mar 2011
Indonesia's move to bring in a two-year moratorium on new palm oil plantations has seen agribusiness giants like Sime Darby switch expansion plans to Cameroon, Ghana and Liberia.
Terres accaparées, paysans en danger
- CNCD
- 15 Mar 2011
Un dossier réalisé par l’équipe d’Altermondes et reproduit dans demain le monde, mars-avril 2011
Felda in talks to buy 90,000ha land to grow rubber and oil palm
- The Star
- 07 Mar 2011
Felda Holdings, the world's largest estate owner, is in talks to buy up to 90,000ha of land across South-East Asia
Sime Darby on lookout for land
- Reuters
- 24 February 2011
The world's biggest listed palm oil firm, is on the lookout for more land, in a move sure to fuel the global grab for arable land as food prices remain high.
Political dynamics of land-grabbing in Southeast Asia: Understanding Europe's role
- TNI
- 20 January 2011
The European Union is a significant player in the widespread occurrence of land-grabbing in Southeast Asia; both through its corporate sector and public policies.