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West Papua revokes quarter of a million hectares of land from palm oil
- Mongabay
- 03 June 2021
Local government in Indonesia’s West Papua province has revoked permits for 12 oil palm concessions that cover an area twice the size of Los Angeles after a recent audit of palm oil concession holders found widespread administrative and legal violations. Activists have called on the government to follow up on the revocation by granting Indigenous peoples access to the rescinded concessions instead of granting new licenses to other investors.
Indonésie : Des plantations de palmiers à huile aux effets nocifs
- HRW
- 03 June 2021
Les dommages causés à des communautés par une plantation de palmiers à huile dans l'ouest du Kalimantan, en Indonésie, démontrent l'incapacité du gouvernement à appliquer ses propres politiques et lois, a déclaré Human Rights Watch dans un rapport publié aujourd'hui
Pollution et "greenwashing" : Les plantations du groupe Socfin encore entourées de pratiques contestables
- AFASPA et al
- 25 May 2021
Des organisations de la société civile interpellent sur les abus entourant les agro-industries à l'occasion de l'Assemblée Générale des actionnaires du Groupe Socfin.
Aksi penolakan masyarakat adat, bupati Sorong Selatan mencabut izin perusahaan perkebunan kelapa sawit
- Yayasan Pusaka
- 22 May 2021
Lebih dari 200 orang masyarakat adat dan aktivis melakukan aksi longmarch ke kantor Bupati Sorong Selatan menolak perkebunan kelapa sawit, pencabutan izin perusahaan dan mendesak perlindungan hak-hak Orang Asli Papua. Bupati Sorong Selatan mencabut ijin empat perusahaan kelapa sawit pada Selasa 18 Mei.
Perusahaan PT. Digoel Agri Group mengembangkan kebun kelapa sawit di Kabupaten Boven Digoel diduga tanpa HGU
- Yayasan Pusaka
- 19 April 2021
Perusahaan PT. Digoel Agri Group yang sebagian besar modalnya dimiliki pemodal asal New Zealand bernama Neville Christopher diduga melakukan land clearing, penggusuran dan penggundulan hutan untuk pengembangan usaha perkebunan kelapa sawit di Kab. Boven Digoel tanpa ijin.
Ancaman terhadap komunitas yang bergantung pada hutan di Indonesia dan kisah-kisah perlawanannya
- WRM
- 06 April 2021
Sebuah kompilasi dari WRM mengenai ancaman yang dihadapi komunitas yang bergantung pada hutan di Indonesia dan perlawanan mereka menghadapinya.
Planned deforestation threatens Indigenous land, intact forest landscapes in West Papua
- Greenpeace
- 05 April 2021
New report from Greenpeace International‘Licence to Clear’ shows systematic violations of permitting regulations as plantations were pushed into forest areas. Since 2000, forest estate land released for plantations in Papua Province has totalled almost a million hectares.
Food estate projects must not contribute to deforestation: experts
- ANTARA
- 28 Mar 2021
The Indonesian government last year started developing a food estate project in Central Kalimantan. While it is currently spread over 30.000 ha of land, the size of the food estate will be extended over the next two years. Now, the food estate project has been expanded to North Sumatra, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), South Sumatra, Papua, and Riau.
Palm oil firm Digoel Agri said to clear Papuan forest without Indigenous consent
- Mongabay
- 25 Mar 2021
A palm oil conglomerate has begun clearing the ancestral forests of Indigenous tribes in Indonesia’s Papua region without the locals’ consent. Subsidiaries of Digoel Agri group have cleared 64 hectares (158 acres) of forest in the first two months of 2021.
The Indigenous Kinggo’s struggle to defend Papua's customary forest
- WRM
- 09 Mar 2021
Indonesia is the world’s largest exporter of palm oil and Papua is the new frontier. Kinggo indigenous group that owns the customary forest in Boven Digul Regency, Papua is fighting to protect their land against subsidiary of Korean palm oil giant, the Korindo Group.
Menelan hutan Indonesia
- Biofuel Watch etc.
- 04 Mar 2021
Program Food Estate baru di Indonesia akan mengakibatkan lebih banyak kelaparan dan mengancam masyarakat lokal, hutan setempat dan iklim global.
Swallowing up forests
- Biofuel Watch etc.
- 04 Mar 2021
A briefing paper from an international network documents that Indonesia’s new “Food Estate Program” on the islands of Borneo, Sumatra and Papua threaten Indigenous sovereignty, forests and biodiversity, will cause hunger and contribute to the climate crisis.