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Land Back: Supreme Court Ceremonial Venue for Papuan Indigenous Peoples Fighting Palm Oil Companies
Indigenous activists from the Awyu and Moi Peoples of Tanah Papua today employed traditional ceremonies to call on Indonesia’s Supreme Court to protect their traditional land and forests from destruction for palm oil plantations.
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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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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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Witnesses tell of intimidation against indigenous landowners, refute palm oil company claims in West Papuan Environment Lawsuit
Kasimus Awe of the Auyu People explained to the Jayapura State Administrative Court what he described as intimidation directed towards opponents of the company plans. Meanwhile Arief Rossi Ramadhan described the process carried out to set down on paper the boundaries of their traditional land.
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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.