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Half of Indonesia’s oil palm plantations foreign-owned
- Antara
- 13 May 2011
The Environmental Forum of Indonesia says fifty-percent of the country’s oil palm plantations are owned by foreign parties.
MIFEE must benefit indigenous Papuans, everyone
- Jakarta Post
- 30 Apr 2011
Hunting grounds and forests will be handed over for nothing unless development promises are translated into compensation that provides remedies for the economic, social, cultural and environmental impacts of the MIFEE project on local people, according to Sawit Watch in Indonesia
Resisting agribusiness development: The Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate
- LDPI
- 19 Apr 2011
The emerging resistance against MIFEE is located within a national (and international) alliance against land grabs and within the indigeous movement against Indonesian occupation and exploitation.
Asian palm oil: limited supply
- FT
- 18 Apr 2011
Industry giants such as Malaysia’s Sime Darby and Singapore’s Olam and Wilmar International are scrambling for fresh space in equatorial Africa.
Palm oil giants target Africa in 'land grab' following Indonesia deforestation ban
- Ecologist
- 25 Mar 2011
Indonesia's move to bring in a two-year moratorium on new palm oil plantations has seen agribusiness giants like Sime Darby switch expansion plans to Cameroon, Ghana and Liberia.
Terres accaparées, paysans en danger
- CNCD
- 15 Mar 2011
Un dossier réalisé par l’équipe d’Altermondes et reproduit dans demain le monde, mars-avril 2011
Felda in talks to buy 90,000ha land to grow rubber and oil palm
- The Star
- 07 Mar 2011
Felda Holdings, the world's largest estate owner, is in talks to buy up to 90,000ha of land across South-East Asia
Sime Darby on lookout for land
- Reuters
- 24 Feb 2011
The world's biggest listed palm oil firm, is on the lookout for more land, in a move sure to fuel the global grab for arable land as food prices remain high.
Political dynamics of land-grabbing in Southeast Asia: Understanding Europe's role
- TNI
- 20 Jan 2011
The European Union is a significant player in the widespread occurrence of land-grabbing in Southeast Asia; both through its corporate sector and public policies.
Induk KUD & investor asing rintis perkebunan
- Bisnis Indonesia
- 19 Jan 2011
Induk Koperasi Unit Desa (Induk KUD) bersama sejumlah investor dari sejumlah negara akan menandatangani kesepakatan kerja sama (MoU) untuk mengeksplorasi tanaman kelapa sawit, jarak dan singkong.
Indonesian gov't to expand farmland by 2 million hectares
- Xinhua
- 11 Jan 2011
The government also invites foreign investors to develop animal husbandry, aimed at securing livestock supplies.
Rejection of the MIFEE continues
- Tempo
- 25 Nov 2010
The Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE) Program, a project which the government claims will be able to bring economic and social welfare for the Papua people, was rejected by the local people themselves.

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