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Malalilis oh Malalilis, what fate has befallen you?

By admin | Published: February 28, 2017

Malalilis is a village belonging to the Moi people in Sorong Regency, Papua Barat Province. The village is located quite far from the main road and with few inhabitants, but with an immense forest. What is it like now? Maybe it was because the forest was so vast and the inhabitants sparse that outsiders considered […]

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PT Pusaka Agro Lestari starts work again, but local forestry service still wants safeguards.

By admin | Published: April 11, 2015

After mounting criticism of PT Pusaka Agro Lestari, an oil palm company owned by Noble Agri which is linked to the giant COFCO group, the local regency head in Mimika took the step of revoking the company’s permit to operate in December last year. However, PT Pusaka Agro Lestari already held cultivation rights (Hak Guna […]

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Mama Mariode

By admin | Published: February 4, 2015

Mariode Malak and Kefas Gisim are the last standing block between the forest and a plantation corporation that is expanding operations on the banks of the Klasafet river. Their neighbours have sold their land to the corporation, but Mariode does not want to sell her land. She has put up signposts all over her land, […]

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Bishop of Timika: Oil Palm Plantations in Timika Threaten Coastal Communities.

By admin | Published: December 1, 2014

The bishop of Timika, Mgr. John Philip Saklil, Pr has asked local government to take a firm stand on PT Pusaka Agro Lestari (PAL)’s oil palm plantation which has been operating in Mimika regency since 2011. “The environmental impacts which have emerged are quite significant. This will become a serious threat for residents along the […]

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