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Unhealed scars in Papua
- APIL
- 12 Dec 2019
NGOs from Korea and Indonesia file OECD complaint against POSCO International for causing palm oil abuses
Revealed: Government officials say permits for mega-plantation in Papua were falsified
- Mongabay
- 10 Dec 2019
Indonesian government have alleged that permits underpinning a multi-billion dollar plantation project in Papua were falsified. The land is being opened up by investors whose identity is hidden behind anonymously owned companies, as part of a plan to develop an oil palm plantation almost twice the size of London in the remote region.
L’huile de palme encouragée par le gouvernement indonésien malgré les violences
- RFI
- 12 Nov 2019
En Indonésie, la police vient de désigner le dirigeant d'une compagnie d'huile de palme comme le commanditaire du meurtre de deux défenseurs des petits planteurs, dans une concession de l'île de Sumatra.
Palm oil businessman hired hit men to kill journalists: North Sumatra police
- Jakarta Post
- 09 Nov 2019
Indonesia North Sumatra police have arrested an oil palm plantation owner believed to be the mastermind behind the murder of two journalists-cum-activists, Maraden Sianipar and Maratua P. Siregar. The police said it was believed the murders were triggered by a land dispute between the company and local farmers.
Indonesia protests: Land bill at center of unrest
- Mongabay
- 03 Nov 2019
In recent weeks, Indonesia has seen its largest mass protests since the “people power” movement that forced President Suharto to step down in 1998. Among a variety of pro-democracy demands, the protesters want lawmakers to scrap a controversial bill governing land use in the country.Critics say the bill could be used to imprison indigenous and other rural citizens for defending their lands against incursions by private companies.
Government agrees to develop agriculture farm and plantation with Elite Agro UAE LLC
- Sampit Prokal
- 18 Oct 2019
Central Kalimantan provincial government in Indonesia agrees to cooperate with Elite Agro LLC of UAE to develop agriculture and plantation sector. As initial step, government will prepare 5,000 hectares of land for the agriculture project.
Indonesia finds one-fifth of palm oil plantations are illegal
- Bloomberg
- 10 Oct 2019
About 19% of Indonesia’s palm oil plantations are unlicensed. The government now plans to take back unplanted palm oil concessions.
Huile de palme : les ONGs contre le financement des agro-industriels
- VOA Afrique
- 10 Oct 2019
Déforestation et accaparement des terres au Cameroun par les agro-industriels du secteur de l’huile de palme, l’ONG Milieudefensie, pointe le doigt accusateur sur certaines banques néerlandaises et européennes.
Saving Aru: The epic battle to save the islands that inspired the theory of evolution
- Gecko Project
- 09 Oct 2019
For decades, the island of Aru escaped the attention of companies clearing Indonesia’s rainforests. But then it came into the sights of the Menara Group, which wanted to plant sugarcane across nearly two-thirds of Aru.
Liberian and Indonesian communities report their grievances with Dutch bank ABN Amro
- Milieudefensie
- 07 Oct 2019
Community representatives, impacted by palm oil companies in Liberia and Indonesia have traveled to the Netherlands to convey their grievances with ABN Amro, the financier of those companies.
Palm oil, pineapples threaten Southeast Asia's indigenous lands
- Reuters
- 24 Sep 2019
Palm oil plantations in Indonesia and commercial fruit orchards in the Philippines have uprooted indigenous people and rural communities from their land, despite laws put in place to protect them, human rights groups said.
Indonesia: Indigenous peoples losing their forests
- Human Rights Watch
- 22 Sep 2019
The Indonesian government is failing to protect the rights of Indigenous peoples who have lost their traditional forests and livelihoods to oil palm plantations in West Kalimantan and Jambi provinces, according to a new report released by Human Rights Watch.

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