Indonesia

Perampasan Tanah: Sebab, Bentuk dan Akibatnya bagi Kaum Tani
- AGRA
- 24 September 2010
AGRA paper on land grabbing in Indonesia, during the period 2004-2010, for food and agrofuels production (in Bahasa Indonesia only).
Papua proposes 500,000 hectares for food estate: Minister
- Jakarta Post
- 13 September 2010
Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan said his ministry received a proposal to make use of 500,000 hectare areas for the 1.6-million-hectare food and energy estate projects planned in Merauke, Papua.
Wilmar secures 200,000 hectares of land in Merauke Food Estate for sugar plant
- Indonesia Today
- 02 September 2010
Company "currently assessing the quality of the land."
A small paradise that will be annihilated: View from Merauke, West Papua
- Indigenous Peoples Issues
- 31 August 2010
No-one should be surprised when people start describing the Merauke Integrated Rice Estate as a clear case of genocide by the Indonesian government, because it has been well-planned and well-organised.
Food estate Merauke cakup area 480.000 ha
- Bisnis Indonesia
- 12 August 2010
7 Perusahaan besar siap memulai kegiatan
Bunge seeks palm plantation in Indonesia
- Reuters
- 02 August 2010
US agribusiness group Bunge Ltd is actively scouting out for palm plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia to cater to rising demand from Asian economies
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.