Opposing Oil Palm in Papua’s Customary Forests
The indigenous women of Papua became the driving force of the resistance against oil palm companies encroaching into customary forests. They are in a weak position.
Dini Pramita
December 13, 2021
RIKAARDA Maa’s mindset on the indigenous community has changed. At first, she thought that indigenous communities would be helpless to resist when their customary forests were seized by companies. However, since 2018, she decided to take a stand to defend her ancestral land. This indigenous woman from the Awyu tribe even formed a prayer group in order to unite all the women in her home village of Kampung Ampera, Mandobo District, Boven
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