Palm oil expansion reignites decade-old Indigenous land conflict in Indonesia

Mongabay
Jul 30, 2026, 11:49 pm113 ptsTrending
JAKARTA — Two palm oil companies embroiled in a long-running land dispute with an Indigenous community in Indonesian Borneo have resumed the clearing of rainforest and other land to expand their plantations for the first time in more than a decade. In June 2025, the Indigenous Dayak Benuaq community of Muara…

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