Oil Palm Giants in People’s Land

We met Ibu Marlina in her home in Sanggau District, West Kalimantan.  She explained the difficult situation she faced after an oil palm corporation took over most of the village land. Her mother, a widow, owned a small plot of rubber she tapped daily for cash, and she grew enough rice and vegetables to feed her five children.

When the oil palm corporation arrived the village head coerced  Marlina’s mother to give up her land

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