West Papua 'oil palm atlas' portrays industry's explosion in the region

Mongabay
By Philip JacobsonMay 6, 2015, 12:50 am119 ptsTrending
There's a saying in the Indonesian palm oil industry: Sumatra is yesterday, Kalimantan is today, and Papua is tomorrow. Tomorrow might well have arrived. A new report sheds light on the industry's rapid expansion in Indonesia's Papua and West Papua provinces – and on the companies behind the plantation drive.…

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