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Indonesia: Police crackdown on peasants protesting land-grab by a Michelin subsidiary
- Via Campesina
- 15 Jun 2020
Peasants living in Jambi province, Indonesia, were in for a shock when the police arrested Junawal, a local peasant leader and organiser on May 26, 2020. Junawal was leading the local resistance against a subsidiary of Royal Lestari Utama (RLU), a joint venture company between PT Barito Pasifik and French transnational tyre-manufacturing giant Michelin that manages more than 88,000 hectares of plantation land in Jambi and East Kalimantan.
Hentikan proyek cetak sawah/food estate di lahan gambut di Kalimantan Tengah
- Walhi
- 14 Jun 2020
Lebih dari 160 organisasi dan individu menyerukan agar Pemerintah Indonesia berhenti menggunakan pandemi sebagai alasan untuk mengeksploitasi gambut dan menyatakan sikap menolak dan mendesak diberhentikan proyek food estate di Kalimantan Tengah.
Indonesia: Government to develop 165,000 hectares land in Central Kalimantan for food-estate program
- Jakarta Post
- 11 Jun 2020
The development project will be carried out in conjunction with the State-Owned Enterprise Ministry through an investment scheme.
Palm oil industry leaves Indonesian village struggling with loss and regret
- EcoWatch
- 09 Jun 2020
Indonesia sits at the heart of the global palm oil trade. In 2002, one company PT Erasakti Wira Forestama (EWF) offered villagers in Batanghari, Jambi province a one-time payment for their land. Peatlands were converted to plantations — and the repercussions of the decision are still felt today. Some villager
Indonesia: Blogger held over land dispute report
- Human Rights Watch
- 18 May 2020
The Indonesian police in South Kalimantan province should drop criminal defamation charges against a blogger who interviewed indigenous Dayak leaders regarding land dispute with PT Jhonlin Agro Raya oil palm plantation, said Human Rights Watch.
Land conflicts flare across South-East Asia during coronavirus lockdowns
- The Star
- 18 May 2020
The pandemic has opened an opportunity for activities such as illegal logging and land grabs across Asia-Pacific because of less oversight and accountability.
New bill could legalize ‘land banking’ by Indonesian plantation firms
- Mongabay
- 11 May 2020
A little-known provision in a sweeping deregulation package before the Indonesian parliament could fuel a new wave of speculative “land banking” by large corporations.
Olam secures a US$176 million term loan from IFC and JICA
- Olam
- 30 Apr 2020
The funds will be used for the procurement of specific agri-commodities from smallholder farmers in Vietnam, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea and Uganda as well as the expansion of Olam’s cocoa processing facility in Indonesia.
Land conflicts escalate with spread of COVID-19 in Indonesia
- Mongabay
- 15 Apr 2020
On March 21, security personnel from the palm oil firm PT Artha Prigel clashed with farmers in Lahat district, in South Sumatra province. Two farmers were killed in the fighting, the latest flare-up in a conflict that goes back nearly three decades. Locals accuse the company — a subsidiary of the Sawit Mas Group, which supplies oleochemicals to Procter & Gamble — of stealing their land. Activists have denounced the escalation in the conflicts, saying businesses shouldn’t be taking advantage of the country’s focus on dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic to further their own — often illegal — interests.
New player starts clearing rainforest in world’s biggest oil palm project
- The Gecko Project
- 24 Mar 2020
The Digoel Agri Group has begun operating in an Indonesia mega project being fought over by investors from around the world earmarked to become the world’s largest oil palm plantation, in a vast project that has been mired in allegations of lawbreaking.
Di tengah pandemi Covid19 dan ancaman krisis pangan, perusahaan perkebunan dan aparat menggusur dan membunuh petani lahat; dua petani tewas, dua kritis
- Walhi
- 22 Mar 2020
Ditengah ancaman krisis pangan akibat wabah Covid19 yang semakin meluas, petani digusur perusahaan perkebunan sawit. PT. Artha Prigel menggusur secara paksa petani di Desa Pagar Batu, Kabupaten Lahat, Sumatra Selatan. Berakibat tewasnya dua petani yang menolak penggusuran.
Palm oil firm has farmers jailed for harvesting from land it stole from them
- Mongabay
- 17 Mar 2020
PT Hamparan Masawit Bangun, an affiliate to one of palm oil trader Wilmar International suppliers, has been operating illegally on community lands in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Now the company accused three indigenous farmers of stealing palm fruit from the land, an emblematic case of how corporations can weaponize law enforcement against communities over land disputes.