Tag: West Papuan deforestation

By Stephen Wright for Radio Free Asia Indonesia’s plan to convert over 2 million ha of conservation and indigenous lands into agriculture will cause long-term...

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...

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,...

By Fidelis Eka Satriastanti, The Conversation Indigenous people fought alongside youth movements in the creation of an Indonesian nation. But, in the historical writing of...

ANALYSIS: By Asmiati Malik in Jakarta The Indonesian government plans to evaluate the efficacy of special funds for the West Papua region. These funds have been...

ANALYSIS:  By Bernadinus Steni and Daniel Nepstad Large landscapes of intact tropical forests will figure prominently in global strategies to avert catastrophic climate change and...

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...