Indigenous People In Kalimantan and Papua Fight Against Palm Oil Plantations
Indigenous People In Kalimantan and Papua Fight Against Palm Oil Plantations.Engage Media , 03 July 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, Indigenous People, RSPO Indigenous Iban community defends rainforests, but awaits lands rights recognition
Over the past half century the rainforests of Borneo have been logged, strip-mined, burned, and converted for monoculture plantations. The forests that local people primarily relied upon for sustenance are now felled to feed commodities into the global market.Mongabay, 01 July 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, Indigenous People, deforestation 'Too many' maps slow return of Indonesia's indigenous land
A pledge by Indonesia to hand back control of customary forests to indigenous people is being hampered by overlapping land claims for mines, plantations, forests and public land in the country, a senior government official said on Thursday.Thomson Reuters Foundation, 13 June 2019
, Palm Oil, Indigenous People Faster land reform on the cards with Indonesian President's re-election
With his election win confirmed on Tuesday, Indonesian President Joko Widodo is set to push ahead with his promise to register all land in the country by 2025, redistribute land to Indigenous people and resolve disputes over claims, land experts said.Sight Magazine , 22 May 2019
Indonesia, Palm Oil, Indigenous People UOB funds Malaysia company that is said to be destroying Mulu rainforest for palm oil plantations; indigenous communities plea to stop the move as it’s their land.
In a move to cater the needs for Western consumers, Mulu Rainforest in Sarawak is being destroyed to make way for palm oil plantations, and this project is funded by Singapore’s United Overseas Bank (UOB).The Online Citizen , 14 May 2019
Malaysia, Palm Oil, Indigenous People Brazil wants to legalize agribusiness leasing of indigenous lands
Bolsonaro government, utilizing public events and public statements, has made it clear that it condones such activities. Brazil currently knows of 22 indigenous reserves in violation of the law, with areas illegally leased to agricultural producers totaling 3.1 million hectares (11,969 square miles).Mongabay, 21 February 2019
Brazil, Soy, Indigenous People, land Soy demand pushes agribusiness to the banks of the Amazon
Indigenous people complain of trade route’s disruption and fear migratory pressures and pollutionDialogo Chino, 18 February 2019
Brazil, Soy, Indigenous People, Amazon New Brazil government backs former outlaw indigenous farmers
Brazil's new right-wing government is backing an indigenous tribe that was fined under the previous administration for commercial farming practices banned on tribal land, saying they are an example to be followed as it pushes to open reservations to agriculture.CNBC Markets, 07 February 2019
Brazil, Soy, Indigenous People Argentina’s Indigenous People Fight for Land Rights
Nancy López lives in a house made of clay, wood and corrugated metal sheets, on private land dedicated to agriculture. She is part of an indigenous community of 12 families in northern Argentina that, like almost all such communities, has no title to the land it occupies and lives under the constant threat of eviction.Inter Press Service, 12 January 2019
Argentina, Soy, Indigenous People