Indonesia

Big push from foreign investors into PNG
- Islands Business
- 12 July 2010
"We have Indonesians and Malaysians coming in and saying we want 100,000 hectares to make PNG a rice producing country," says PNG’s Deputy Prime Minister Sir Puka Temu
Thousands rally in West Papua: Reject special autonomy, demand referendum on independence
- IndyBay
- 08 July 2010
In Merauke, over 1000 people marched to the regional legislature to present their demands, and rallied against the failure of Special Autonomy to protect indigenous people, particularly in regard to the planned 80 million-hectare Merauke Food Estate.
Indonesia: Demand for palm oil fuels land-grabbing
- IRIN
- 06 July 2010
Communities throughout Indonesia are losing land to companies seeking to profit from the booming palm oil industry.
Malaysia's Sugar King Kuok has gone global
- The Star
- 06 July 2010
Wilmar, which already owns 200,000 ha of sugar cane plantations in Indonesia, said it intended to use Sucrogen’s proven expertise in the sugar business to pursue growth strategies in “Indonesia and other high potential Asian markets.’’
Indonesia census turns up Papua tribe living in trees
- Reuters
- 24 June 2010
A tribe of hunter gatherers living in trees in the forests of Papua, near the planned Merauke food estate where Wilmar and other firms plan to get farmland, has been discovered officially for the first time.
Indonesia Seeks Saudi Arabian Investment in Agricultural Projects
- SES
- 23 June 2010
Major factor for enacting new investment law for land was Saudi Arabia's halting of investment projects worth billions of riyals, says Indonesia's Minister of Agriculture.
Wilmar plans to invest USD2 bln in Indonesia
- Reuters
- 21 June 2010
Singapore's Wilmar, the world's largest listed palm oil firm, wants to invest $2 billion in Indonesia where they are targeting Merauke to develop sugar cane plantations
Saudi Arabia ready to invest in rice development in Indonesia
- Antara
- 18 June 2010
Indonesia's Minister of Agriculture says the Embassy in Riyadh will organize a meeting and formulate regulations on the investment, as a follow-up of his visit to Saudi Arabia
Lack of vision for small farmers
- Jakarta Post
- 18 June 2010
Instead of providing land to big corporations, the Indonesian government has a better choice: to redistribute land to the millions of landless and peasant families so they can work again to feed their family.
Noble invests in palm oil production in Indonesia
- Noble Group
- 14 June 2010
The Company intends to develop approximately 32,500 ha of land for palm oil production in Sorong Regency, West Papua Province, Indonesia.
Indonesia sees rice crop up, seeks Gulf farm investment
- Reuters
- 12 June 2010
Indonesia aims to attract Gulf Arab investors to develop "sleeping land" says Agriculture Minister during meetings with businessmen in Riyadh.
Lula defende inibir venda de terras a estrangeiros
- Folha de São Paulo
- 08 June 2010
Pelo menos nove grupos, entre coreanos, chineses e indonésios, vieram neste ano ao país em busca de terras para plantio de alimentos.

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