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The Salim Group’s Secret Plantations in West Papua.

By admin | Published: May 2, 2016

There is strong evidence that the Salim Group has been acquiring and starting to develop oil palm concessions in West Papua province, which could result in the conversion of 117,000 hectares of forest and grassland to oil palm. The Salim Group is one of Indonesia’s biggest business conglomerates and it’s main agribusiness division, Indofood Agri […]

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Marap Indigenous Group claim back three oil palm plantation divisions in Arso.

By admin | Published: April 29, 2016

Indigenous land owners from the Marap people in Arso have used customary law to take back oil palm land owned by PT PN II as part of its Arso plantation, specifically the Core III, Core IV and Core V divisions. The action took place at Yamara village PIR 3, Manem sub-district, Keerom Regency, on Wednesday […]

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Government approach in Papua criticised in Human Rights Commission Indigenous People’s Inquiry findings.

By admin | Published: March 27, 2016

“The government needs to review its concept of development in Papua, based on principles of respecting and protecting human rights…. …The government, churches and indigenous peoples must formulate development concepts specific to Papua, resolve conflicts over rights and natural resource management and eliminate the stigma of separatism from communities which are struggling to defend their […]

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PT Selaras Inti Semesta continues logging, but isn’t giving work to Zanegi villagers

By admin | Published: March 25, 2016

[awasMIFEE note: PT Selaras Inti Semesta is a subsidiary of the Medco Group, which is also developing industrialised rice production on the Merauke area] Merauke, Jubi – the community in Zanegi village, Malind District has expressed their disappointment in a company which has been felling the trees in their forest and processing the wood, PT […]

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The Mahuzes

By admin | Published: February 20, 2016

‘The Mahuzes’, a film about conflicts between indigenous people and agribusiness companies in Merauke, was released in Indonesian last year, and now it is available with English subtitles. It’s one of a series of documentaries produced as part of the ‘Ekspedisi Indonesia Biru’, a one-year road-trip on motorbikes by filmmakers Dandhy Laksono and Ucok Suparta, […]

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Nabire: Akudiomi village government forbids forest and marine resource exploitation.

By admin | Published: February 19, 2016

Akudiomi village in Yaur subdistrict of Nabire Regency (also known as Kwatisore village) looks out over the Cenderawasih Bay Marine National Park, and is home to whale sharks which are frequently visited by local and foreign tourists. Several days ago (10/02/2016) in the Akudiomi village hall, the village administration held a meeting with the community, […]

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Open Letter to President Joko Widodo – Stop the ‘Investment Creates Jobs’ Programme

By admin | Published: January 28, 2016

To Indonesian President Joko Widodo, State Palace Respectfully, Once upon a time, President Joko Widodo said he would put an end to uncertainty and commit to a sustained transition to create a way forward for an outstanding Indonesia, reaffirming the ideology of the Pancasila and Trisakti principles of Indonesia’s independence movement. Once upon a time […]

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Fifteen cases of Brimob violence in four years in Nabire oil palm plantation.

By admin | Published: December 2, 2015

Jubi 15/111/2015 The presence of a regional Police Mobile Brigade (Brimob) unit in an oil palm plantation managed by PT Nabire Baru (NB) in Yaro sub-district, Nabire Regency, Papua, is proving to be a threat to the Yerisiam Gua indigenous community’s rights. That was the message conveyed by the secretary of the Yerisiam Gua indigenous […]

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Merauke Burns – but were the plantations to blame?

By admin | Published: November 20, 2015

The rains have finally arrived, putting out the forest fires that raged across Indonesia through the last few months. Forest burning takes place every dry season, but this year an especially strong El Nino phenomenon meant that the dry season was longer and dryer, and the fires were especially bad. The worst crises were, as […]

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Oil palm plantation development & forest fires in southern Papua, September-October 2015

By admin | Published: November 19, 2015

by Sam Lawson, Earthsight Summary: Analysis of satellite data clearly demonstrates forest fires burning in areas undergoing conversion for oil palm in two locations in southern Papua. One of these areas is intact primary forest, while part of the other is on peat soil. The concessions concerned are both owned by the large Korean conglomerate […]

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