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More Agression from Brimob in Nabire, this time Smashing up a Local Family’s House

By admin | Published: September 3, 2014

Police Mobile Brigade members sent to work as private security in PT Nabire Baru’s oil palm concession in Nabire, Papua have been behaving badly once more. One team paid a visit to the house of Yunas Money, who is a customary landowner. Fully armed, they proceeded to smash and destroy the contents of his house. […]

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Violence and Intimidation from PT Nabire Baru’s Brimob Guards continues

By admin | Published: August 10, 2014

New reports continue to emerge of aggressive behaviour from Police Mobile Brigade (Brimob) officers who have been stationed as security guards for PT Nabire Baru’s oil palm plantation near the city of Nabire. Here are a few of the most recent stories translated from local bloggers and activists. The first two articles are from a […]

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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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Papuan Governor to Revoke 50 Logging, Mining and Plantation Permits

By admin | Published: October 22, 2013

Around 50-60 permits for forest management, mining and even plantations which were issued by Papua’s two caretaker governors over the last two years are going to be revoked. “A caretaker governor does not have the authority to issue permits, their duty is only to prepare local elections to choose the definitive governor,” said Lukas Enembe, […]

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Shut Down Forest-Destroying Oil Palm Companies in Nabire!

By admin | Published: September 7, 2013

A leader of the Yerisiam Ethnic Group in Nabire, on the north coast of West Papua, is once again calling for support and advocacy as two oil palm plantations move on to his people’s land. Simon Petrus Hanebora’s press release, as reported by Majalah Selangkah, is a forthright accusation against the companies, claiming they are […]

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Oil Palm Plantations in Nabire Ignore Indigenous Rights.

By admin | Published: July 30, 2013

The Yerisiam people living in Kampung Sima, Nabire Regency, Papua are still waiting for oil palm plantation companies PT Nabire Baru and PT Sariwana Unggal Mandiri to give clarification and compensation to local indigenous people. This was the message of a press release written by Simon Petrus Hanebora, a Yerisiam tribal leader, which was received […]

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