Tag: Palm oil plantations
Massive deforestation in West Papua – Greenpeace reveals loss of 641,400...
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...
West Papua food estates threaten indigenous people, warns TAPOL
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Plans to establish "food estates" were announced by the Indonesian government at the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic because, it said,...
Amnesty seeks tighter control of palm oil industry after ‘human cage’...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Amnesty International Indonesia is urging the government -- and the police in particular -- to tighten supervision of the palm oil...
West Papuans pledge to make ‘ecocide’ serious crime in key global...
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...
NZ dairy industry linked to illegal Indonesian plantations, says report
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...
Special report: Dreams, dollars and destruction of a Papuan rainforest
Melanie Reid's video story on the Tanah Merah megaproject. Video: Newsroom
SPECIAL REPORT: By Melanie Reid and Bonnie Sumner of Newsroom
Newsroom.co.nz
An Auckland property developer is...