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#AllEyesonPapua goes viral to highlight threat to Indigenous forests from palm oil

Beyond deforestation, oil palm estates pose flood and water contamination risks

Rewilding program ships eggs around the world to restore Raja Ampat zebra sharks

In Raja Ampat, pearl farming balances business and ecological sustainability

Palm oil deforestation makes comeback in Indonesia after decade-long slump

In first for Indonesia, government recognizes Indigenous Papuans’ ancestral forests

In Indonesian Papua, a one-time gun trafficker now preaches permaculture

Ray care center: Indonesia’s Raja Ampat a key nursery for young reef mantas

Legal defeats pile up for palm oil companies stripped of permits in Papua

Fisher groups are the marine militia in Indonesia’s war on illegal fishing

A seagrass restoration project to preserve the past may also protect the future

Plan to carve up Indonesian Papua rings alarm over fate of people and forests

Spurred by investor-friendly law, palm oil firms sue to get licenses back

Papua court ruling a win for local government, Indigenous groups against palm oil

Papua clan takes first step toward official recognition of land rights

Indigenous Papuans won their forest back from a palm oil firm, but still lack land title

Loss of oil palm permits leaves Papuan villages uncertain and fearful

New Zealand developer denies key role in giant palm oil project in Indonesia

Palm oil firms in Papua hit back with lawsuit after permits are revoked

Local leaders in Indonesia make forest and peatland protection pledge

Final court ruling orders Indonesian government to publish plantation data

West Papua revokes quarter of a million hectares of land from palm oil

From Flores to Papua: Meet 10 of Indonesia’s mangrove guardians

Belgium-sized swath of forest faces the chop from Indonesian palm oil

Companies and officials flout forest-clearing moratorium in Papua, report finds

Helping Papuans protect Indonesia’s last frontier: Q&A with Bustar Maitar

Oil palm growers’ misdeeds allow an opportunity to save West Papua’s forests

A million hectares of Papuan forest licensed for clearing, report shows

Papua deforestation highlights eastward shift of Indonesia forest clearing

Legal failings leave illegal loggers unpunished and certified in Indonesia

Palm oil giant Wilmar unfazed as watchdogs cry foul over Papua deforestation

State neglect means Indigenous Papuans’ victory over palm oil firm is shaky

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