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Awyu People’s Struggle to Defend Forest Home from Palm Oil Rejected in Court; Community Files Cassation Appeal
Hendrikus Woro remains steadfast in his pursuit of justice to protect the Indigenous lands of his community from encroachment by the palm oil industry, today submitting a Cassation appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Who’s Enjoying the Profits? Indonesian Corporations Feigning Transparency
In our new report ‘Feigning Transparency' we find there are loopholes in Indonesia's new beneficial ownership transparency policy, allowing corporations to legitimately continue to conceal where profits are flowing to.
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Indonesian President’s COP28 Speech Parodied Over Food Estate Failures
Activists have parodied Indonesian president Joko Widodo’s disastrous food estate spruiked yesterday in his speech to the United Nations climate talks in Dubai
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West Papuan Indigenous Win As Jakarta Court Rules Against Palm Oil Company
Awyu Indigenous landowners and environmentalists have welcomed the Jakarta Administrative Court decision that has the potential to save 65,415 hectares of pristine rainforest, six times the area of the city of Paris
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West Papuan Indigenous Defender Files Lawsuit Over Palm Oil Company Forestland Grab
Indigenous leader, Hendrikus ‘Franky’ Woro, today filed an environmental and land rights lawsuit challenging the plan by a Malaysian-owned palm oil company to clear tens…
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Indonesian and Malaysian leaders claim they must fight ‘discrimination’ against palm oil, raising questions about their commitment to stop deforestation
Questions have arisen after Indonesian President Joko Widodo stated he would 'combat discrimination against palm oil' following a meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim at the Bogor Palace on Monday, January 9 2022.
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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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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.