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POSO, CENTRAL SULAWESI – Land use violations were found in a recent analysis conducted by Greenpeace Indonesia and geospatial expert The TreeMap, where their findings show that 3.12 million hectares of oil palm plantations are located within forest areas, including protected forest areas and conservation forests. The findings are research …

For decades, Kanisius Tereng has been a palm oil farmer in Paser Regency, East Kalimantan. Since the last three months, he admitted that the price of palm oil has moved up. Unfortunately, those who garden every day and harvest oil palm bunches, are unable to taste the sweetness of this …

The Central Kalimantan Regional Police have suspended the detention of the head of the Laman Kinipan Indigenous Community, Effendy Buhing. The National Committee for Agrarian Reform (KNPA) strongly suspects that the arrests are related to residents’ rejection of the eviction of customary forest areas for oil palm plantations.