The Looting of the Land

Most oil palm plantations and commercial forests are on peatlands, the result of the previous administration's arbitrary licensing.

May 23, 2017

The wave of protests against the government policy to restore peatlands comes as a total surprise to Made Ali. The astonishment of this Vice Coordinator of the Riau Forest Rescue Working Network (Jikalahari) was in reference to the complaints of business owners worried that their investments would suffer after the Environment and Forestry Ministry regulation is enforced. For years they have taken in massive profits," explained Made, when she was c

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