Indonesia

Indonesia says food crop investors must get local permits
- Reuters
- 21 April 2010
Indonesia will require investors in food crop production to get local government permission before developing farms or estates in order to prevent land disputes.
West Papua: Land grab to displace locals
- GLW
- 10 April 2010
Plans for a US$6 billion food estate in the Merauke region of West Papua has been attacked by farmer and environmental organisations as a land grab that would destroy 2 million hectares of virgin forest.
Jakarta's plan for farm in jungle unsettles Papuans
- Sydney Morning Herald
- 03 April 2010
The Indonesian government plans to create a vast agricultural estate in the restive province of Papua, sparking fears of environmental destruction and a return of mass migration policies.
Indonesia: Agriculture expansion plan under fire
- IRIN
- 26 Mar 2010
The Indonesian government's plan to develop a food estate in Papua has come in for heavy criticism for potentially marginalizing small farmers and threatening the environment.
6 Provinsi bagi Australia
- Kompas
- 17 Mar 2010
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Food estate feared to marginalize Papuans
- Jakarta Post
- 09 Mar 2010
A planned large-scale food production system in Merauke, Papua province, aimed at improving national food sustainability, could prove detrimental for locals, an activist says.
Activists say Papua food estate ‘not the answer’
- Jakarta Globe
- 04 Mar 2010
"If the government wants to eliminate famine, it should give farmers access to more land, and not give it away for corporations"
Tierras agrícolas de países emergentes atrae inversores
- El Diario de Paraná
- 03 Mar 2010
En un momento en el que la seguridad alimentaria del mundo se está convirtiendo en una cuestión prioritaria, las inmensas tierras aptas para la agricultura en los países emergentes atraen la atención de los inversores. Países como Brasil, Argentina, Ucrania, Rusia, Kazajastán, Sudán, Malawi, Angola, Indonesia, Laos o Camboya se encuentran entre los preferidos de los inversionistas.
Wikileaks: Brazil criticizes China over "land grabs" in Africa
- Wikileaks
- 26 February 2010
"At an UNCTAD meeting on investment in agriculture on February 3, China became the central focus of criticism amid a chorus of concerns about the economic, food security, environmental and social impact of large foreign purchases of agricultural lands in developing countries," reports the US mission to Geneva
Forum on land reform highlights ongoing issue of land grabbing in Indonesia
- AGRA
- 23 February 2010
Educating the peasant movement is a key to genuine land reform implementation and the position of peasant movements as strong political bases against land grabbing in the future.
Indonesia aims to be world's breadbasket
- AFP
- 22 February 2010
Following Brazil's trail, Indonesia is encouraging foreign and local investors to lease huge swathes of fertile countryside and help make the country a major food producer.
L'Indonésie veut devenir l'un des garde-manger du monde
- AFP
- 18 February 2010
Suivant l'exemple du Brésil, l'Indonésie ambitionne de devenir un grand producteur agro-alimentaire, en proposant des centaines de milliers d'hectares de rizières et de champs aux investisseurs nationaux et étrangers.