(8) June 2013
Sinarmas expands oil palm plantations in Papuan forests
A report has revealed that Golden Agri Resources (GAR), the Sinarmas Group’s oil palm business, is expanding its oil palm plantations in more than 20,000 hectares of forests in Papua. The expansion permit was obtained after the forests were removed from the government’s moratorium map on primary forests. (Jakarta Post)
Brazilian Tribe Opens Indigenous Education Center
An education center created by the Paiter-Surui tribe in the Brazilian Amazon that will offer professional courses to the area's indigenous has finally opened. (Global Voices)
Kehancuran Hutan Pulau Rupat, Tercerabutnya Masyarakat Adat Akit di Riau
Hutan alam Pulau Rupat dibunuh. Pohon-pohon dibakar menggunakan bensin. Pohon-pohon dicerabut paksa dari dalam tanah dengan eskavator. (Made Ali / Mongabay)
300 Titik Api Riau dari Hutan Tanaman Industri
Selama satu dekade terakhir kebakaran hutan yang rutin terjadi dipengaruhi dengan adanya unsur kesengajaan pelaku usaha perkebunan skala besar dalam pembukaan lahan. (Tempo.co)
Straightening out accounts on deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
Between August 2011 and July 2012, 4,571 square kilometres in the Amazon were deforested – the lowest annual rate since the Institute of Space Research (INPE) began satellite monitoring in 1988, and 27 percent lower than in the previous 12-month period. (Frayssinet / IPS)
Succès : les droits forestiers des Soliga reconnus par les tribunaux
Un village de la tribu des Soliga, au sud de l’Inde, a remporté une importante victoire judiciaire après la saisie de l’intégralité de son stock de miel par les gardes forestiers locaux en mai dernier. (Survival)
Success: Soliga tribe’s forest rights upheld in court
A village belonging to the Soliga tribe in southern India has won an important court victory after its entire stock of honey was seized by local forestry officials in May. (Survival)
Resurgence of indigenous identity in the crossfire in Brazil
The “national strike” organised Friday Jun. 14 mobilised a few thousands of farmers in some places and a few hundred in others. But the protests and roadblocks were only part of an ongoing offensive by landowners and agribusiness against the creation of new indigenous territories and the expansion of existing ones. (Osava / IPS)