Greenpeace Indonesia menganalisa ada konsesi, baik perkebunan sawit maupun perkebunan bubur kertas dengan lahan terbakar pada 2015-2018, masih terindikasi titik api dengan level tinggi tahun ini.⠀ ⠀Analisis Greenpeace, luas kebakaran pada 2015-2018, mencapai 3.403.000...
Buruh Harian Lepas (BHL) PT Agro Muko di Indonesia menutup akses jalan masuk menuju perkebunan PT Agro Muko
Buruh Harian Lepas (BHL) PT Agro Muko di Indonesia menutup akses jalan masuk menuju perkebunan PT Agro Muko. Blokade ini dilakukan karena perusahaan menolak tuntutan BHL untuk mempekerjakan mereka di bulan Oktober 2019.Para buruh menuntut agar mereka bekerja tetap...
40 former workers of a rubber estate in Kedah protest a week-long water supply cut at the estate.
Some 40 former workers of a rubber estate in Kedah decided to camp out in front of the menteri besar’s office in Alor Setar, Kedah to protest a week-long water supply cut at the estate.⠀ ⠀A source told FMT that the authorities had cut water supply to their homes at...
Rainforest Action Network’s field investigators documented the trafficking of freshly harvested oil palm fruit
Rainforest Action Network’s field investigators documented the trafficking of freshly harvested oil palm fruit from an illegal palm oil plantation developed on peatlands inside the Leuser Ecosystem’s national protected Rawa Singkil Wildlife Reserve1 to a nearby palm...
Global Brands Caught Sourcing Illegal Palm Oil From Within Protected Wildlife Reserve
Palmoil, grown illegally at the expense of the protected peat forests of Rawa Singkil Wildlife Reserve in Indonesia’s world-renowned #Leuser Ecosystem, is being used to manufacture snack foods sold across the world by #Unilever, #Nestlé, #PepsiCo, #Mondelēz,...
The island of Mindanao has long been the deadliest place in the Philippines
The island of Mindanao has long been the deadliest place in the Philippines for individuals defending their land and environment from extractives and agribusiness interests.The threat to these defenders escalated with the imposition in 2017 of a state of martial law...
Indonesia: Exploitation of women and violation of their rights in oil palm plantations
The expansion of oil palm plantations in Indonesia has turned women into landless food buyers and cheap labour, with no adequate safety and health protection, for the plantation companies.Indonesia currently has 16.1 million hectares of oil palm plantations and plans...
Forest Stewardship Council to keep Korindo in the fold, for now
Palm oil giant Korindo must "commit to reparations for past [land] conversion practices" in Indonesia or else face expulsion from the Forest Stewardship Council, the certification body announced this week.The precise conditions for Korindo to retain its FSC membership...
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Appeal for Royal Call for a National Moratorium on Raids and Detention until everyone is Vaccinated
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...
Petition: Stop operations to arrest undocumented migrants, focus on the goal of controlling the spread of Covid-19
Calling for endorsement of the petition to the YAB Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. The press statements by YB Dato’ Seri Hamzah Zainudin, Minister of Home Affairs on 29 May 2021 and 3 June 2021 have created the perception among many that the government has...
The Network of Palm Oil Labor Supports Haribo Workers’ Struggle for Their Rights
To our fellow workers of Haribo in Wilkau-Hasslau, Germany Nothing hurts a worker more than losing a job. This is especially the case when workers have contributed for decades of working. Just one month before last year's Christmas celebration, 150 Haribo factory...
Workers demand swift implementation of labour law reforms, new minimum wage and minimum housing standards
Press Statement by Labour Law Reform Coalition on 30 April 2021 in Shah Alam In conjunction with Labour Day 2021, Labour Law Reform Coalition (LLRC) calls on the government to explain whether it has suspended the labour law reform exercise indefinitely. Since the...
The condition of deported Indonesian migrants during the period of Covid-19 from Sabah, Malaysia to Indonesia (June 2019-September 2020) [Fact-Finding Report]
Report Summary: This report is the result of an investigation by the fact-finding team from the Koalisi Buruh Migran Berdaulat(KBMB) on the deportation process of more than 1,700 Indonesian migrant workers during the Covid-19 pandemic from Sabah, Malaysia to...







