Maluku coconut growers cry crisis as Indonesia land-grabs feed energy transition

Mongabay
Sep 10, 2025, 6:56 am114 pts
SOUTH WASILE, Indonesia — Rudy said South Wasile district police officers visited his home with PT Arumba Jaya Perkasa staff three times in June to recommend he take the company’s 20,000 rupiah offer, around $1.22, per square meter of his coconut grove. “But I didn’t want to do that,” Rudy, whose name…

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