FBTPI union members investigate the palm oil supply chainJakarta, November 24, 2019 – Federasi Buruh Transportasi Pelabuhan Indonesia (FBTPI - Federation of Transportation and Dock Workers Union) held a discussion to investigate and map the palm oil supply chain...
Palm Oil Plantation Nursery AreaPresidential Instruction number 6 of 2019 on the management of a sustainable palm oil industry for 2019-2024, recently signed by President Joko Widodo, has failed to address the root problems in the industry, including the problems...
Seminar on Forest and Land Fire in Indonesia, in University of Indonesia (11/26)Jakarta, November 26, 2019 – Serikat Perempuan Indonesia (Indonesian Women’s Union) held a seminar on Forest Fire and Climate Justice. The discussion was facilitated by Aliansi Gerakan...
Fires from land and forest fires across Indonesia in 2019 have pumped at least 708 million tones of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere — almost double the emissions from the fires that swept through the Brazilian Amazon this year.The fires were one of the most...
The stateless people in #Sabah, #Malaysia are denied access to schools, jobs, and healthcare, and their village is facing demolition. They have found advocates in the youth movement #BorneoKomrad.⠀ Video: https://buff.ly/2XQxq7E⠀ ⠀ #palmoillaboursolidarity⠀ ⠀...
*SIGN THE PETITION TO SUPPORT REFUGEES RIGHT TO WORK IN MALAYSIA* https://ift.tt/2QVRVyC In mid-December, the Malaysian Government will come to a decision on establishing work rights for refugees in Malaysia.Should the final decision be unfavourable and in neglect of...
In a report entitled A Toxic Mix of Abuses on Congo's Oil Palm Plantations, HRW said it had interviewed more than 40 workers and two-thirds of them "told us that they had become impotent since they started the job".⠀ ⠀Impotence - along with shortness of breath,...
These are five global producers of palm oil in 2019 (in 1000 MT): ⠀1. Indonesia (43,000);2. Malaysia (21,200);3. Thailand (3,000);4. (Colombia 1,680);5. Nigeria (1,015). ⠀ ⠀Other countries (in ranking): Guatemala, Ecuador, Papua New Guinea, Honduras, Brazil, Côte...
Press Release, Global People's Summit on Food System June 5, 2021 On the occasion of World Environment Day, June 5, people’s movements and civil society organizations around the globe today launched the Global People’s Summit (GPS) on Food Systems, a counter-summit to...
A battle for the future of our lands, food, and rights is underway. In July 26-28, the secretariat of the United Nations’ Food Systems Summit (UN FSS) will convene for a Pre-Summit in Rome, Italy. They are set to unveil the so-called “game-changing” solutions that...
People's Committee for the Transformation of the Food System Press release In solidarity! On 26-28 July 2021, the United Nations will hold Pre-Summit event as a part of United Nations Food System Summit (UNFSS) in Rome, Italy, which will be followed by Global Dialogue...
Press statement - June 8, 2021 – UMA The Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (UMA) today called on the Philippine government to protest Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin’s announcement of a total crackdown on undocumented workers in Malaysia. The...
The planned crackdown on undocumented migrant workers is a state-endorsed violence aimed at the most vulnerable group of people in the country. Rounding them up has never been a good strategy and more so at the time of a pandemic. It raises concerns of possible new...
