Tag: Palm oil

By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Civil society groups wanting to see an end to destructive logging practices by foreign companies in Papua New...

Jubi News Greenpeace Indonesia’s forest campaigner Nico Wamafma says the West Papua region has lost 641,400 ha of its natural forests in the two decades...

By Miriam Zarriga of the PNG Post-Courier in Port Moresby Prime Minister James Marape delivered a shock yesterday when he announced his full cabinet, with...

By Melisha Yafoi in Port Moresby The Indonesian government has filed a K105.6 million (US$30 million) writ against Papua New Guinea, naming two senior officials...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Amnesty International Indonesia is urging the government -- and the police in particular -- to tighten supervision of the palm oil...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk West Papua indigenous independence leaders today launched  "Green State Vision" at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, pledging to take decisive...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Illegal palm oil plantations are destroying protected Indonesian rainforests and other habitats -- and New Zealand’s industrial dairy sector is a...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The United Liberation Movement of West Papua has blamed the Indonesian military over the attack at a hospital in Kiwirok, near...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) claims that an attack on a military post in Maybrat regency earlier this month is...

By Ans K in Merauke, Papua Mama Elisabeth Ndiwaen, one of the Papuan landowners who has been strongly critical of highlighting oil palm investment in...

By Hans Nicholas Jong in Jakarta A top Indonesian official has declared a halt to new oil palm plantations in the country’s heavily forested West...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A journalist has been taken in for police questioning while documenting the land struggles of Temiar Orang Asli, an indigenous community...

By Ivany Atina Arbi in Jakarta Six Greenpeace activists have reportedly been detained by the captain of the tanker Stolt Tenacity for staging a rally...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called for an independent inquiry into the death in detention of Muhammad Yusuf, a reporter who...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A palm oil supplier to Mars, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever is destroying rainforests in the Indonesian-ruled Papua region, a new investigation...

Crucial to how Indonesia's news outlets cover the environment - and its destruction - is the ownership and vested interests of the media landscape. ...

By Vaidehi Shah Environmental campaigners have accused The Australian and Courier Mail newspapers in regional Queensland of being printed on paper linked to illegal deforestation...

By Kendall Hutt in Auckland Deported New Zealand missionary Douglas Tennent will hopefully be returning to Papua New Guinea in the next week. This comes after...

Deported New Zealand missionary talks to Pacific Media Watch in an exclusive interview about his ousting from Papua New Guinea over alleged visa violations....

Oro Governor Gary Juffa blasts PNG government over the deportation of NZ Catholic missionary Douglas Tennent. Video: EMTV News Pacific Media Watch News Desk Oro Governor...

By Ratri M. Siniwi and Muham in Jakarta Palm oil is an important commodity for Indonesia's economy, contributing US$17.8 billion, or about 12 percent, to...

This undercover footage by Greenpeace shows bulldozers destroying Indonesian rainforest. HSBC, one of the biggest banks in the world, is accused of lending millions...