{"id":841,"date":"2015-02-20T03:10:15","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T20:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tuk.or.id\/?p=841"},"modified":"2018-12-28T18:34:53","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T18:34:53","slug":"farmlandgrab-org-tycoon-controlled-oil-palm-groups-in-indonesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tuk.or.id\/en\/2015\/02\/farmlandgrab-org-tycoon-controlled-oil-palm-groups-in-indonesia\/","title":{"rendered":"[Farmlandgrab.org] Tycoon-controlled oil palm groups in Indonesia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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 have held legal or customary rights for generations.<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\nTo solve these problems, the driving forces behind the strong growth of the oil palm sector – its owner and financiers – need to take their responsibility. This study therefore analyses the ownership and financing of 25 corporate business groups active in the Indonesian palm oil sector, which account for a large part of the existing plantations and which are developing very sizable landbanks into new plantations.<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\nWhat there 25 business groups have in common is that each of them is controlled by a tycoon. This word stems from the Japanese word taikun (<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u5927\u7269<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, which literally means “Great Lord”). It is now commonly used to refer to wealthy business magnates who – often together with their family – control groups of companies which are active in various business sector, such as plantations, mining, energy, real estate, finance and services.<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\nThe study explores in particular:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n