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'Indonesia is seeing a new corporate colonialism'
2013-05-26 00:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Land conflicts between farmers and plantation owners, mining companies and developers have raged across Indonesia as local and multinational companies have been encouraged to seize and then deforest customary land land owned by indigenous people and administered in accordance with their customs. More than 600 were recorded in 2011, with 22 deaths and hundreds of injuries. The true number is probably far greater, say watchdog groups. The Indonesian national human rights commission reported more...
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