Haeril Halim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | National | Tue, February 24 2015, 6:57 AM The panel of judges at the Jakarta Corruption Court on Monday sentenced palm oil businessman Gulat Manurung to three years for bribing suspended governor Annas Ma’mun for a land-conversion permit in the province. The sentence is lower than the four-and-half-year […]
Selasa, 24 Feb 2015 02:13 WI Skalanews – Jakarta based NGO engaged in environmental issues, natural resources, and the impact of development on the development of human rights, Transformation for Justice (TUK) Indonesia, said banks and external investors facilitate business tycoons of palm oil to accelerate the growth of their business group. “Consequently, the growth […]
The Jakarta Post, Bogor, West Java/ Pekanbaru/Mataram | Archipelago | Mon, February 23 2015, 6:26 AM Illegal loggers operating in state-owned conservation forests are “terrorists” who must be severely punished, according to Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya. “Whoever engages in illegal logging is a terrorist and should be heavily punished,” Siti said at the […]
The rapid expansion of Indonesian oil palm plantations creates serious environmental and social problems: vast amount of valuable forests are converted into plantations; habitats of protected species are endangered; significant greenhouse gas emissions are caused by peatland development; and many communities lose access to land which is crucial for their subsistence and to which they […]
Tycoon-controlled oil palm groups in Indonesia Rahmawati Retno Winarni and Jan Willem van Gelder | 20 February 2015 | land grabbing, corporations | Indonesia The rapid expansion of Indonesian oil palm plantations creates serious environmental and social problems: vast amount of valuable forests are converted into plantations; habitats of protected species are endangered; significant greenhouse […]
SATURDAY, 14 FEBRUARY, 2015 | 14:06 WIB TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Environment NGOs Transformation for Justice (TuK) Indonesia and Profundo released a research result that shows palm oil tycoons have control over 10 million hectares of oil palm plantation lands in Indonesia. The NGOs believe that the extraordinary land expansion will trigger serious environmetal and social […]
SATURDAY, 14 FEBRUARY, 2015 | 14:06 WIB TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Environment NGOs Transformation for Justice (TuK) Indonesia and Profundo released a research result that shows palm oil tycoons have control over 10 million hectares of oil palm plantation lands in Indonesia. The NGOs believe that the extraordinary land expansion will trigger serious environmetal and social […]
Friday, 13 February 2015, 22:48 WIB REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — A survey shows that 25 conglomerates account for 31 percent of oil palm plantations in size in Indonesia. The company groups are owned by Indonesian and foreign tycoons such as from Malaysia. In addition the company group have around 2 million hectares of plantation areas not […]
Jum’at, 13 Februari 2013 | 2408 Views Jakarta (Antara) – A survey shows that 25 conglomerates account for 31 percent of oil palm plantations in size in Indonesia. The company groups are owned by Indonesian and foreign tycoons such as from Malaysia . In addition the company group have around 2 million hectares of plantation areas […]
The emerging expansion of oil palm plantations in Indonesia has given rise to significant environmental and social problems. To address these issues, it is important to map out who are the owners and investors behind this expansion. This study shows that the palm oil sector is rather concentrated in the hands of a few tycoons. […]
