Indonesian court blocks palm oil expansion, but leaves Indigenous land rights in limbo

Mongabay
Mar 5, 2025, 10:50 pm340 ptsTop
JAKARTA — The Indonesian Supreme Court has upheld a government decision to curb the expansion of a multibillion-dollar oil palm plantation project in the country’s easternmost region of Papua. In its Dec. 2, 2024, ruling, the court rejected lawsuits filed by two plantation companies that are part of the…

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