palmoildetectives, 1 year ago to random

#News: #Indigenous Awyu people of #Papua win lawsuit filed against illegal Tanah Merah mega #palmoil plantation. This requires the companies to cease #deforestation and preserve what remains. Indigenous groups say it does not go far enough though to protect land and give their #landback #IndigenousRights #landrights #PapuaNewGuinea Story via @mongabay https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/court-ruling-spares-papua-forest-from-further-clearing-for-palm-oil/

#News: #Indigenous Awyu people of #Papua win lawsuit filed against illegal Tanah Merah mega #palmoil plantation. This requires the companies to cease #deforestation and preserve what remains. Indigenous groups say it does not go far enough though to protect land and give their #landback #IndigenousRights #landrights #PapuaNewGuinea Story via @mongabay https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/court-ruling-spares-papua-forest-from-further-clearing-for-palm-oil/

mongabay, 1 year ago to random

An Indonesian court has rejected lawsuits filed by two plantation companies operating in the Tanah Merah mega oil palm plantation project in the country’s Papua region.

The ruling means the companies are legally required to stop clearing forest in their concessions and preserve what remains.

By Hans Nicholas Jong
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/court-ruling-spares-papua-forest-from-further-clearing-for-palm-oil/

#News #Conservation #Environment #Indonesia #PalmOil