Indonesia’s massive sugar-bioethanol project in South Papua causes locals to fear exploitation
- Benar News
- 05 June 2024
Indonesia is going ahead with a project to convert millions of acres in Papua into a gigantic sugarcane plantation to produce bioethanol. But Indigenous communities and environmentalists worry that the project in South Papua’s Merauke regency will lead to land grabs, ecological damage, and the destruction of traditional livelihoods.