Tag: plantations
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,...
Killings, arrests as military ‘flush out’ Mindanao environmental defenders
By KEN E. CAGULA in Davao City
The massive human rights violations committed against indigenous peoples or Lumads and peasants are designed to silence the...
Vanuatu company accused of exporting kava ‘trash’ throws industry in turmoil
By Len Garae in Port Vila
The writing is on the wall for the fate of Peter Colmar’s kava exporting company, Sarami Plantation, now that...