Indonesia

As the palm oil industry swept through Indonesia, it transformed millions of hectares of land into plantations. An opaque system supposed to improve rural livelihoods has left villagers waiting for profits — and answers.

Poor planning and ignoring advice of indigenous groups resulted in flooding, failed crops and left behind arid, barren land that could exacerbate the climate crisis

On the ground and in the courts, members of the Moi indigenous group are resisting oil palm expansion in West Papua, Indonesia

Pada April 2020, saat pandemi Covid-19 mulai melanda dunia, Pemerintah Indonesia mengumumkan rencana untuk mengubah ratusan ribu hektare lahan menjadi ‘Food Estates’. Laporan ini fokus pada satu aspek yang sangat mengganggu dari proyek food estate – peran militer dan Kementerian Pertahanan dalam pengelolaan food estate.

Protestors accused the Chinese company PT Julong Group Indonesia of taking over local land illegally for palm oil cultivation.

Letter from Indigenous Peoples, civil society, and community-based organisations to household consumer goods companies demanding they immediately suspend Indonesia’s second largest palm oil company from their supply chains.

There is no other crop that has grown faster globally in the last decade than palm oil. This almost uncontrollable expansion leaves a deep trail of destruction and conflicts around it. As companies take over more community land, they also grab the water sources from them.

As companies take over more community land, they also grab the water sources from them.

A tycoon once named one of Indonesia’s richest has gone on trial for alleged corruption estimated to have cost the state the equivalent of US$5.25 billion and caused major environmental damage from the destruction of vast amounts of virgin forest for oil palm plantations.

Masyarakat Adat lembah Grime Nawa Kabupaten Jayapura dikagetkan dengan kehadiran Perusahaan sawit PT.Permata Nusa Mandiri diatas tanah adat lembah Grime Nawa. Perusahaan sawit secara sepihak telah mengklaim tanah adat seluas 30.920 hektar di 6 Distrik yaitu: Distrik Unurumguay, Distrik Nimbokrang, Distrik Nimboran, Distrik Namblong, Distrik Kemtuk Gresi, dan Distrik Kemtuk.

Setelah lebih dari sepuluh tahun berlalu, apa yang terjadi dan tengah dialami oleh Masyarakat Adat setempat dan tanahnya yang dijadikan area untuk Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate? Yayasan Pusaka Bentala Rakyat bersama Perkumpulan Petrus Vertenten MSC Papua, melakukan dokumentasi lapangan terkait situasi dari masyarakat adat dan tanahnya yang terdampak proyek MIFEE

The government of Indonesia’s Papua province has recommended that district officials revoke the permits of 35 of the 54 oil palm concessions operating there.