Tag Archives: PT Wahana Samudera Sentosa

Communities Should Decide First, Before Permits are Issued.

By admin | Published: September 9, 2014

Indigenous people in Okaba think the government is disrespecting and ignoring the rights of indigenous Marind communities to information, and to take their own decisions about whether or not to surrender land rights. According to Gerardus Kaize, a Marind community leader from Okaba district, before the government issues any location permits the community should be […]

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Controversy of Environmental Permit Mechanism that Sidelines Community Participation.

By admin | Published: September 8, 2014

On 16th August 2014, the Cenderawasih Pos newspaper displayed a notice from the Papuan Provincial Environmental Management Agency (BPLH), taking up about 10 x 20 cm of one column. It informed the papers’ readers about the Merauke Bupati (elected regency leader)’s decision (number 133/2014) which concerned an environmental permit for a timber enterprise on PT […]

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PT Wahana Samudra Sentosa: Another Industrial Forest Plantation in Merauke?

By admin | Published: February 22, 2014

PT Wahana Samudra Sentosa is a company that is applying for permits for a 79,033 hectare industrial forestry plantation in Merauke. On Friday 21st February the Merauke Regency Government announced on its website that the company’s Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Environmental Management Plan and Environmental Monitoring plan meet all the necessary requirements to be given […]

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Marind Intellectuals Oppose Corporations

By admin | Published: June 23, 2013

Over the last few months, a series of meetings have taken place in villages around Merauke to discuss development plans, within the framework of local adat, or customary law,. In each one, a resolution has been made, a clear rejection of all investment. The document below, from a new grouping of Marind intellectuals called FORMASI […]

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