Tag: West Papuan deforestation
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,...
Indigenous peoples in Indonesia still struggle for equality after 75 years
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...
Indonesia reviews Papua special funds – why $7.4bn since 2002 hasn’t...
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...
To conserve West Papua, start with land rights and forget past...
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...
Greenpeace blasts palm oil industry deforestation in West Papua
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...