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

Mongabay
Jun 3, 2021, 5:26 am145 pts
JAKARTA — Palm oil licenses covering concessions twice the size of Los Angeles have been rescinded by the local government in Indonesia’s West Papua province due to violations by the license holders. The move follows on from a recent license review, carried out by the West Papua government working with the…

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