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MIFEE and other top-down developments in Papua will continue under Jokowi administration.

By admin | Published: February 6, 2015

Indonesian media have recently been widely reporting the head of Indonesia’s Investment Coodinating Board, Franky Sibarani, who stated his commitment to support stalled investment projects in Papua. He referred to a number of unspecified projects in the plantation, cement, fisheries and petrochemical sectors, including the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate, the agribusiness megaproject planned […]

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Three years of MIFEE (part 1): A Growing Movement Against Plantations in West Papua

By admin | Published: October 23, 2013

“We, the indigenous people of Yowied Village reject corporations coming on to our land in Tubang District for the following reasons: there is not so much land around Yowied Village. Our lives are dependent on what our environment can provide. Where will the future generations go?” The sign is tied with coconut leaves, a signal […]

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The Controversy around Presidential Regulation 40 of 2013: The Indonesian Army Opens the way for Business in West Papua

By admin | Published: June 23, 2013

15/06/2013 Presidential Regulation (Perpres) 40 of 2013, a new order issued by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to “Build Roads to Faciltate the Expansion of Development in Papua and West Papua Provinces”, has been greeted with opposition and concern by the Papuan people. Perpres 40 requests the Indonesian military’s involvement in the technical implementation, construction and […]

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Agrarian Problems Emerge as Corporations use MIFEE Project for Capital Accumulation.

By admin | Published: March 2, 2013

Pusaka, Bogor (25 Februari 2013) Crises, whether economic, or of food or energy supplies have been catching the attention of societies around the world. Food and energy commodities prices are going up. Giant transnational companies have not missed their chance to draw attention to this, and have built up investor’s interest in the food and […]

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MIFEE-affected communities want their land back

By admin | Published: January 31, 2013

A roundup of recent material about MIFEE, January 2013, from Down To Earth Indigenous communities living along the Bian and Maro Rivers in Merauke, southern Papua, have demanded the return of their customary lands taken for the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE) mega-project. A set of demands issued after four days of community […]

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Destroying Local Livelihoods With Mifee

By admin | Published: January 20, 2013

At the launch of the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate project in 2010, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced that the agribusinesses involved would “feed Indonesia, then feed the world.” But the Malind Anim people of Merauke, Papua, say they are worried that the impacts of the project known as Mifee will prevent them from […]

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MIFEE: The stealthy face of conflict in West Papua

By admin | Published: August 16, 2012

West Papua, the easternmost island under Indonesia’s control, is a land beset by troubles. Rarely a week goes by without news of some new tragedy in a relentless conflict that has endured and evolved over fifty years. Last June has been a particularly bloody one: troops have gone on the rampage in Wamena, burning houses […]

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