Newsletter 2021-01-21
Newsletter 2021-01-21 The Gecko Project and Mongabay [01/21/2021] – Members of the Auyu tribe of Papua, Indonesia, are demanding a halt to the operations of palm oil company PT Indo Asiana Lestari (IAL), which appears to be gearing up to clear their ancestral forests. – They say that the company failed to obtain the community’s consent for the project, and that it’s not clear whether it even has the requisite permits to begin operations. – IAL’s concession is part of the Tanah Merah megaproject that is already dogged by allegations that key operating permits have been falsified. ...
Source: mongabay.com