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PT Permata Putera Mandiri facing community opposition

By admin | Published: March 17, 2015

Austindo Nusantara Jaya Group is facing community resistance on two fronts by residents upset by the company’s recent forest clearance for its oil palm and sago operations in South Sorong Regency. On the ground a dispute has broken out with villagers from Saga village claiming that the company has used their land, but without negotiating […]

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Local People demonstrate at PT ANJ Agri’s offices.

By admin | Published: February 18, 2015

Local people from Metamani and IPPMI (Imora Youth and Student Union) held a demonstration at the offices of PT ANJ Agri Papua in Sorong on Thursday 12/2/2015. Adam Rariaro, a community member from Saga Village, Metamani, South Sorong who was involved in the action, said that “people are demonstrating because PT ANJ’s operations have ignored […]

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Deforestation in West Papua: The role of PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya, The Nature Conservancy, REDD, RSPO, and Wilmar

By admin | Published: August 10, 2014

[REDD Monitor’s latest summary of recent developments since Greenomics Indonesia ‘s analysis of satellite photographs revealed that ANJ Agro were clearing forest for two oil palm plantations in South Sorong regency.] PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya Tbk (ANJ) is an Indonesian palm oil company, that is clearing forest in West Papua to make way for an […]

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Analysis of satellite data shows that ANJ Agro has started clearing forest in South Sorong and Maybrat.

By admin | Published: July 26, 2014

Analysis by Jakarta-based NGO Greenomics has shown that Austindo Nusantara Jaya Agro has started clearing forest for two large oil palm plantations in South Sorong and Maybrat Regencies in West Papua province. A series of satellite photographs shows that areas of forest have been cleared in the concession areas of both PT Permata Putera Mandiri […]

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