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Indigenous people and activists demonstrate against oil palm expansion in Sorong

By admin | Published: May 24, 2016

[awasMIFEE note: as the indigenous people of Sorong, Nabire, Merauke and elsewhere around Papua continue to resist oil palm expansion, there now appears to be some hope that the government is responding. It appears that President Joko Widodo’s comments last April that he was preparing a moratorium on all new oil palm permits are being […]

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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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Oil Palm Companies Redraw Indonesia’s Forest Permit Moratorium Map

By admin | Published: May 25, 2014

What’s been going on with Indonesia’s forestry moratorium? Since it was introduced in 2011 it has always been recognised as quite weak, but some protection for Indonesia’s forest at least. However now it seems that oil palm companies are free to just redraw the map at will. In 2011 Indonesia agreed to place a moratorium […]

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