Monthly Archives: June 2014

How Papua’s Green Areas are Increasingly being Destroyed

By admin | Published: June 25, 2014

(A portrait of oil palm companies in Wami and Sima Villages in Nabire) By Santon Tekege Throughout the Land of Papua, forest is being destroyed ever faster to feed the interests and profits of companies and provincial and local governments. Papua’s forests are becoming a target for investors from around the world, who treat the […]

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Investigative Report into Oil Palm in Nabire Regency, Papua

By admin | Published: June 25, 2014

Based on a Field Visit 13th March 2014 by Santon Tekege General Description of PT Nabire Baru in Nabire Several companies’ plans to invest in the oil palm sector in Nabire have met with local opposition. People from the Yerisiam and Wate ethnic groups have staged several peaceful actions in Nabire against one of these […]

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PT Medco Papua in Merauke stops work, will resume once the Market Price Stabilises.

By admin | Published: June 18, 2014

PT Medco Papua, which operates a forestry business in the Boepe area, Kaptel District, Merauke, exporting wood out of Merauke, has stopped its operations for the time being. This stoppage came about because various things the company were doing were contravening the labour law (law no. 13/2003). Officials from the Labour and Transmigration Agency had […]

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First Ever Coal Shipment from Sorong

By admin | Published: June 12, 2014

The first ever shipment of coal was sent from the Arar container port in Sorong, West Papua Province, on Wednesday 11th June, according to a report published in local Sorong news media Lensa Papua. The 5,500 ton shipment was destined for Amurang in North Sulawesi, to be used as feedstock in a coal-fired power station […]

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Community pushes PT Inti Kebun Sejahtera to keep its promises.

By admin | Published: June 11, 2014

Oil palm company PT Inti Kebun Sejahtera has been operating in Salawati and Moisigin districts of Sorong Regency, West Papua Province since 2008. Part of the plantation around Ninjemur and Klawotom is already in production. Although the company’s operations started over five years ago, many of the promises it made have still not been fulfilled, […]

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No Surrender to PT Inti Kebun Sejahtera

By admin | Published: June 11, 2014

The manager of oil palm company PT Inti Kebun Sejahtera has paid several visits to Frans Kalawen’s house, asking him to come to a meeting in the company’s offices in Aimas and negotiate the future of thousands of hectares of customary forest belonging to his family in Matawolot, Salawati District, Sorong, West Papua. Frans Kalawen, […]

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Landowning Clan shows PT Agriprima Cipta Persada in Muting the Limit for Land Clearing

By admin | Published: June 1, 2014

In Muting, oil palm company PT Agriprima Cipta Persada (ACP) is expanding its plantation area by clearing forest on which local indigenous people hold customary ownership rights. Previously in 2013, PT ACP had already cut down the forest and cleared around 2000 hectares of land, allocated to the local transmigrant population but some distance from […]

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