Everyone worries and cares about haze when it’s in their faces. But when the sky clears, the problem is out of sight and out of mind."⠀ ⠀For the Singapore act to be effective, it needs maps and Indonesia’s cooperation.⠀ ⠀Indonesia has refused to publish detailed...
Ratusan buruh perkebunan kelapa sawit yang tergabung Federasi Konstruksi Umum dan Informal Serikat Buruh Sejahtera Indonesia (FKUI-SBSI) Berau menuntut pemerintah menaikkan upah buruh di perkebunan kelapa sawit dan tahun-tahun yang akan datang diatur sebagaimana upah...
Petani sawit swadaya termasuk di Kalimantan Barat, menghadapi berbagai masalah, seperti kebun dalam kawasan hutan, legalitas lahan, produktivitas, konflik antara petani plasma dan perusahaan, harga anjlok, perbedaan harga petani mandiri dan plasma dan lain-lain.⠀...
#Indonesia says it plans to impose stricter punishment for plantation companies with recurring instances of fire on their concessions, including permanently revoking their permits.⠀ ⠀Several of the companies whose concessions have been burning this year were also at...
Orang Bunggu, dulu hidup di dalam hutan dan bergantung hutan. Bunggu dan hutan berkait-kelindan sejak lama. Mereka berburu-mengumpul, berkebun nomaden, bangun kampung dan mendiami rumah pohon hingga 1990. Semua kehidupan ini di hutan. Semua hilang, kala perusahaan...
Nestlé, Kellogg’s and Hershey are among several global brands sourcing some of their palm oil from an illegal plantation in an Indonesian forest that’s home to the highest density of orangutans anywhere on Earth, a report says.⠀ ⠀The findings are based on an...
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...
Once again, the Indonesian state has revealed its loyalty to capital owners rather than its people. This time, a wave of protests by workers, students, and civil society was met with excessive violence, leaving casualties behind. An online motorcycle taxi driver was...
Data Collection Method: “TPOLS News-Recap” is intended as a medium for circulating news summaries arising from various TPOLS social platforms and collaborative activities within the TPOLS Network, in two languages (Indonesian and English). Given the...
Collective press release | Embargoed until 1 July 2025 For decades, communities neighbouring the Socfin group's plantations worldwide have railed against the company's abusive practices, which range from land grabs to sexual violence. Now their complaints have been...
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the conference “Just Transition in the Palm Oil Sector – International Solidarity and Socio-ecological Transformation” held from the 3rd to the 4th of December 2024 in Bern, Switzerland. It was a follow-up to the...
Tabea Meuter This ethnographic study explores the role of solidarity and gender relations within the Transnational Palm Oil Labour Solidarity (TPOLS) network, specifically in the context of the palm oil industry. It highlights ethnographic observations and interviews...
