First published on 09/05/2012, and last updated on 03/05/2018
Across the Indonesian archipelago, land is being cleared for large-scale oil palm plantation at an alarming rate. This highly complex phenomenon has led to myriad social and environmental impacts, particularly within the past thirty years and particularly for Indonesia’s Indigenous peoples, or Masyarakat Adat. This workshop, presented by members from Sawit Watch, AMAN, Greenpeace Indonesia, and the ICCA Consortium outlined the ways in which Indigenous Peoples are being impacted by such ‘development’. The Consortium, represented by Vanessa Reid, presented “ICCAs: tools of protection for local, indigenous communities against large-scale palm oil plantations”. A history of ICCAs and the status they current hold within international human rights and environmental policy arena was outlined. She also described plans for a National ICCA Indonesian documentation series currently being developed (described below) and elicited advice and suggestions from workshop participants, for what the series needs.
For details, contact Vanessa Reid at vanessa@iccaconsortium.org
