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. Blokade ini dilakukan karena perusahaan menolak tuntutan BHL untuk mempekerjakan mereka di bulan Oktober 2019.Para buruh menuntut agar mereka bekerja tetap...
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 from an illegal palm oil plantation developed on peatlands inside the Leuser Ecosystem’s national protected Rawa Singkil Wildlife Reserve1 to a nearby palm...
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 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...
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...
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...
DEPORTEES: “WE ARE TREATED LIKE ANIMALS” The launching of Fact Finding Mission Report: “The condition of deported Indonesian migrants during the period of Covid-19 from Sabah, Malaysia to Indonesia (December 2019-September 2020)” Koalisi Buruh Migran...
Palm oil plantation has been widely reported for practising various forms of human rights abuses. Given its characteristics of being located in remote area with social isolation in a massive land size, plantation is a ‘suitable’ place for harboring illegal practice of...
Without a clear basis, the palm oil company PT. Citra Agro Kencana unilaterally fired 37 workers. Following this decision is the forced expulsion of workers and their families from their homes in the plantation area in the middle of the night. Until now, there has...
Summary of Discussion The discussion on “The condition of palm oil workers amidst Covid-19 pandemic” was held virtually on 26 July 2020. The discussion was attended by organization members of TPOLS network. This activity aims to obtain detailed information on...
In this Covid-19 pandemic difficult times, Windsor plantation workers are threatened with losing their homes. The Malakoff Corporation Berhad, which owns the plantation area, forcibly evicted three workers who had previously been laid off. The evictions occurred at...
