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From Lake Toba, Women Activists Urge W20 To Protect Indigenous Women’s Rights 
A giant banner unfurled by a team of local women activists reading "North Sumatran Women Against Deforestation" floats upon Lake Toba.
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Minister Must Act Over Palm Oil Company’s Ongoing Environmental Law Breach in Papua
Greenpeace Indonesia investigators today presented fresh evidence that an oil palm company in Papua province is continuing forest clearing and other operations in defiance of orders by Environment Minister Siti Nurbaya and local investment officials.
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Indonesian migrant fishers declare victory in new regulation that ensures their protection and rights
Indonesian migrant fishers have welcomed the recently ratified regulation that ensures their rights, protection, and employment on board foreign fishing vessels - a significant milestone towards curbing illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and abuse within the industrial fishing industry.
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Civil society sues Indonesian govt over failure to stabilise cooking oil price & supply
Indonesian NGOs Sawit Watch, HuMa, WALHI, ELSAM, Greenpeace Indonesia and PILNET have filed a public interest lawsuit amidst national controversy around a shortage of palm oil-based cooking oil.
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Papuan Court Supports Protecting Indigenous Forests Against Palm Oil Plantations
Greenpeace Indonesia welcomes the Jayapura State Administrative Court’s decision to uphold the revocation of two palm oil company permits by the South Sorong Regent.
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Protect Indigenous Peoples and Forests: Revoke Plantation Permits for PT Permata Nusa Mandiri
JOINT STATEMENT Coalition of Civil Society Organizations for Social Justice and Environmental Sustainability in Tanah Papua
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Desperate forest clearing, legal uncertainty follows bungled permit review
The Indonesian government’s half-hearted forestland permit review has created a perverse incentive for forest clearing by companies desperate to retain dormant land banks. Greenpeace is calling for the policy to be clarified, to ensure companies whose permits are listed for revocation are not allowed to undertake such panic clearing.
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Coal import dependence to worsen energy security in Southeast Asia; Governments must maximize Clean and Renewable Energy – Greenpeace
Following the Indonesian government’s decision to ease its temporary ban on coal export, environmental organization Greenpeace Southeast Asia warned that more energy crises will arise if governments continue their dependence on fossil fuel imports.
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Forest areas must be protected after Indonesian President revokes permits
Jakarta, 7 January 2021 – Greenpeace has welcomed as long overdue the cancellation of thousands of mining, forestry and plantation permits by Indonesian President Joko Widodo, but warned that forest areas must be returned to protection and Indigenous land rights respected, rather than a new round of extractive licences issued over the same locations.
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West Papuan Indigenous Rights vs Palm Oil Company Land Grab: Landmark Court Case Enters Decisive Final Week
NGOs are stepping up calls for Indonesia’s national government to show support for Indigenous rights in West Papua as a landmark court case enters its final week of hearings.