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But <a href=\"https:\/\/unearthed.greenpeace.org\/2022\/05\/24\/palm-oil-eu-deforestation-lobbying\/\">opponents<\/a> claim it is too burdensome for smallholders and could harm them economically.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 id=\"h-the-importance-of-smallholders\">The importance of smallholders<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Since the first oil palms were brought to Indonesia in 1848 and plantations developed in 1911, the Indonesian industry has remained under the tight control of colonialists, large companies or the federal government.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In 2021, the estimated total productive area of oil palm plantation areas reached <a href=\"https:\/\/databoks.katadata.co.id\/datapublish\/2022\/04\/26\/ini-luas-lahan-perkebunan-kelapa-sawit-produktif-pada-2021\">12.59 million<\/a> hectares, with the majority (57%) owned by large private plantations. Meanwhile, independent smallholder plantations covered over 4.8 million hectares and provided <a href=\"https:\/\/merid.org\/smallholder-palm-oil-farmers-in-indonesia\/\">nearly 40%<\/a> of Indonesia\u2019s palm oil.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:html -->\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/12986837\/embed\" title=\"Interactive or visual content\" class=\"flourish-embed-iframe\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"width:100%;height:380px;\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-forms allow-scripts allow-downloads allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- \/wp:html -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Despite their share in owning plantations and producing palm oil, smallholders have historically been excluded from deciding their own fate. Land allocations for plantations have often been decided by the government and have so far favoured large corporations. This situation has allowed the more powerful interests to use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestpeoples.org\/en\/news-article\/2021\/report-palm-oil-conflicts-indonesia\">persuasion or violence<\/a> against Indigenous and local communities, and even to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2022\/09\/indonesia-amnesties-75-companies-operating-illegally-inside-forest-areas\/\">operate<\/a> plantations within protected forests.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Investigations by Rainforest Action Network show that large-scale commercial oil palm plantations are still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infosawit.com\/2022\/12\/17\/hutan-di-kawasan-ekosistem-leuser-terdampak-perkebunan-sawit\/\">expanding<\/a> and the majority have <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2022\/09\/indonesian-palm-oil-firms-not-acting-fast-enough-on-no-deforestation-vows-report\/\">no commitment<\/a> to end their role in deforestation. Expansion continues via new concessions or the creation of new enterprises, and fruit from these operations is still making its way into the supply chain of global multinationals. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Often, the best course of action for Indonesians has been to farm oil palm themselves, which improves their economic standing and protects against encroachment from large companies. However, promises of economic gain made by government or plantation firms often go <a href=\"https:\/\/thegeckoproject.org\/articles\/the-promise-was-a-lie-how-indonesian-villagers-lost-their-cut-of-the-palm-oil-boom\/\">unfulfilled<\/a>, and oil palm smallholders are further impoverished by <a href=\"https:\/\/spks.or.id\/detail-berita-harga-cpo-melonjak-petani-sawit-dikekang-tengkulak\">unfair treatment<\/a>. Analysis by Chain Reaction Research published in 2021 showed that smallholders generate <a href=\"https:\/\/chainreactionresearch.com\/report\/palm-oil-value-chain-deforestation\/\">nearly US$17 billion<\/a> in value across the global palm oil supply chain \u2013 6% of the total \u2013 but their share in profits is close to zero.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The new EU law could change this dynamic by providing an opportunity for smallholders to help shape policy so as to support their wellbeing and reduce nature loss. A few smallholder organisations have recognised this and have already shared <a href=\"https:\/\/spks.or.id\/detail-sikap-palm-oil-farmers-believe-that-the-eu-regulations-on-products-and-commodities-related-to-deforestation-can-become-an-opportunity-and-can-contribute-benefits-for-palm-oil-farmers-in-indonesia\">statements<\/a> of support for the EU law, generating some success in <a href=\"https:\/\/responsiblebusinessconduct.eu\/wp\/2022\/12\/14\/event-how-to-make-due-diligence-work-in-agricultural-value-chains\/\">influencing<\/a> the EU parliament to adopt stronger requirements.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These include references to promoting a living income for smallholders, securing sufficient resources for smallholders to comply with the requirements of the law, and establishing credible traceability systems that empower smallholders to collect sustainability premiums. In addition, the <a href=\"https:\/\/environment.ec.europa.eu\/publications\/proposal-regulation-deforestation-free-products_en\">current version<\/a> of the legislation requires due diligence systems to be designed to facilitate smallholder producer participation and establish segregated supply chains that enable smallholder access to the market.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:cd\/accordion -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-accordion block--accordion\"><span class=\"block--accordion__title\">Segregated palm oil<\/span><div class=\"block--accordion__content\"><div class=\"block--accordion__content__inner\"><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Under a segregated model, palm oil (or any other commodity) is separated from other volumes at all stages of the supply chain. The goal is for all actors in the supply chain, especially the end user, to be able to trace the supply back to its original location or producer.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:cd\/accordion -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But these actions likely aren\u2019t enough to ensure that smallholders can feasibly participate and earn the full value of palm oil they produce sustainably. Smallholder farmers will need support from all levels of government and companies in the palm oil value chain to make this work. Also needed is financial support from import country governments and the private sector to finance the investments needed for smallholders to transition to sustainable practices and learn to participate in these due diligence systems. Without this support, smallholders may face challenges selling into the EU and other markets.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ongoing government aid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Empowering-Oil-Palm-Smallholder-Farmers-through-Alternative-Livelihoods.pdf\">programmes<\/a> and private sector <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unilever.com\/news\/news-search\/2021\/how-oil-palm-production-can-benefit-people-and-planet\/\">efforts<\/a> to support Indonesia\u2019s smallholder farmers exist, but these must recognise that the EU law provides a new opportunity to support smallholders\u2019 transition to sustainable palm oil production. Fortunately, the foundations for assisting smallholders in becoming compliant with the EU law have already been laid.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/spks.or.id\/home\">Indonesian Oil Palm Smallholder Union (SPKS)<\/a> has worked closely with the <a href=\"https:\/\/highcarbonstock.org\/\">High Carbon Stock Approach<\/a> (HCSA) in the development of an Incentives and Benefit Mechanism for Smallholders in Indonesia. The mechanism drafted by SPKS is designed to act as a \u201cflow-through\u201d platform to provide funds to help smallholders farm more sustainably with agreement and input from local communities. SPKS is currently working to finalise the mechanism trials together with HCSA and other local experts.    <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If efforts like SPKS\u2019s are taken seriously by EU lawmakers, then the EU law\u2019s supporters could find their greatest allies in making sure the new regulation is successful among the smallholder community by capitalising on opportunities to provide additional support through policies and finance.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Despite what some claim, the EU law isn\u2019t a threat to Indonesia\u2019s palm oil smallholders. It, and its US and UK variants, can benefit smallholder farmers if a network to support their fair participation in the evolving market is established. 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It is home to many endemic and endangered species, but their habitats and migration routes have become increasingly fragmented as oil palm plantations have spread.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Between Malaysia\u2019s largest wildlife reserve, Tabin, and another reserve, Kulamba, \u201cthere are huge plantations, so the reserves are disconnected,\u201d explains Annuar Jain, project field manager for conservation NGO the Rhino and Forest Fund (RFF).<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Forest connectivity is considered essential for the survival of species such as the Bornean pygmy elephant. About a third of the estimated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldwildlife.org\/species\/bornean-elephant\">1,500<\/a> remaining wild individuals reside in east Sabah, along with scattered herds of wild Banteng cattle that number approximately 400 in Borneo, according to RFF. \u201cWe have already lost the rhino. 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Note: The Tabin reserve has various extensions, difficult to map, that complete the connection to the Kulamba reserve.<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_Tabin-Kulamba-corridor.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"587 KB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1737\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2150\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:cd\/article-image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This was a pioneering step for a small organisation. \u201cAs far as I know, we are the only NGO to be purchasing and restoring former oil palm plantations. It\u2019s expensive, but if you want to prevent the collapse of biodiversity, you have to do this,\u201d says RFF executive director, Robert Risch.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The land is not purchased directly, as only native Malaysians can own such land titles. \u201cIt was a new procedure that meant making an agreement to compensate the landowner, with Sabah Forestry Department acting as the trustee and the land being donated to the state government,\u201d he explains. In total, the NGO has spent 885,000 euros (US$950,000) to buy the 65 ha, financed mainly by its partners Zoo Leipzig and Borneo Orangutan Survival Germany, along with private charitable donations. This land is now officially gazetted as Tabin Wildlife Reserve extensions and designated as totally protected area (TPA). Without this intervention, it would have remained degraded and fragmented by the damaging effects of oil palm conversion.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Restoration of the first pilot site began in February 2020 and a recognisable forest is beginning to form. \u201cEven after five years it doesn\u2019t look like an old oil palm plantation anymore. 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Beneath the surrounding oil palms, tens of thousands of native tree seedlings have been planted. The palms will be gradually removed as the trees establish. (Image: RFF)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/RFF_04_Finished-lake-with-islands-Nov-22-Tabin.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1024\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1536\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:cd\/article-image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With the aim of reconnecting more crucial areas of biodiversity in east Sabah, RFF is now collaborating with the Sabah Forestry Department (SFD) on efforts to reclaim and restore state land encroached for oil palm. Key representatives in this partnership include Dr Robert Ong, SFD deputy chief conservator of forests and head of the Forest Research Centre in Sepilok, SFD head Datuk Frederik Kugan and Datuk Sam Mannan, who was chief conservator at the start of RFF\u2019s project. Sabah Wildlife Department is also a supportive partner, adds Risch.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 id=\"h-restoration-expansion\">Restoration expansion<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>RFF has recently also begun working in the Silabukan forest reserve, south of Tabin.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cWe identified Silabukan as a key area, it\u2019s more than 10,000 ha of species-rich forest close to Tabin, and it\u2019s possible to connect Silabukan to Tabin,\u201d says Risch.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So far, RFF has replanted 63 ha of an illegal oil palm plantation and identified another potential 400 ha to restore. Much of the protected state land can be restored without going through the costly process of acquiring oil palm land, as expansion in these protected areas is illegal.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In Silabukan, RFF is working closely with the forestry department to alert the authorities to oil palm encroachment. For example, in August 2021, RFF\u2019s staff spotted new oil palms inside Silabukan\u2019s protected area. \u201cWe reported it to the forestry department and the next day they came to destroy the freshly planted trees,\u201d says Risch. \u201cA few weeks later the area was under restoration, and we planted native trees there.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cWe could stop these activities because of our presence,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:cd\/article-image {\"media\":{\"uploading\":false,\"date\":\"2023-02-22T10:26:44.000Z\",\"filename\":\"RFF_06Boundary-between-Tabin-plantation.jpg\",\"menuOrder\":0,\"uploadedTo\":97682,\"type\":\"image\",\"subtype\":\"jpeg\",\"alt\":\"Workers with machetes inspect long green grass on a patch of land between rainforest and oil palm plantation, east Sabah Malaysia\",\"title\":\"RFF_06Boundary between Tabin 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The area is maintained mainly as a pasture for wild animals. The seedlings will eventually grow into trees, creating a canopy bridge between the two areas. (Image: RFF)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/RFF_06Boundary-between-Tabin-plantation.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"3 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1536\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2048\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:cd\/article-image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sabah is the poorest state in Malaysia, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/1196343\/poverty-rate-by-state-malaysia\/#:~:text=In%202020%2C%20the%20East%20Malaysian%20state%20of%20Sabah,of%20Malaysia%27s%20most%20rural%20and%20least%20developed%20states.\">quarter of the population<\/a> living below the poverty line. The forestry department is understaffed, so lacks the resources and capacity to patrol and enforce forestry regulations in the vast area. RFF, which is not locally registered, is providing a structural solution by funding a team of five local staff who work under the forestry department within the Forest Research Centre in Sepilok. \u201cBut they only work for our common projects with the forestry department,\u201d explains Risch.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In this alliance, forestry department representatives are involved in RFF\u2019s negotiations with oil palm companies to gazette land. \u201cThis facilitates a lot. We also need them to make sure these areas that we buy will be gazetted as totally protected areas,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Project field manager Annuar Jain tells China Dialogue: \u201cWe have the advantage that because I also represent the forestry department it\u2019s government-to-government, so it\u2019s easier for us to talk to each other and make an agreement.\u201d <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Conservation NGOs such as RFF and WWF are able to work in Sabah because there is a particular openness and political will to cooperate, believes Risch. \u201cThis is quite significant in Sabah, compared to Indonesia or even other states in Malaysia. 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\/wp:cd\/article-image -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2>Forest goals<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Driving this political will is Sabah\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nst.com.my\/news\/nation\/2017\/04\/232612\/sabah-expand-protected-rainforest-coverage-30-2025\">commitment<\/a>, enshrined in its forestry policy, to extend totally protected areas to 30% or 2.2 million ha by 2025. \u201cThe policy to protect a big part of Sabah\u2019s forests is a stable commitment and is exceptional worldwide. Now on a UN level they are promoting 30%, but for Sabah this process started many years ago,\u201d says Risch.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The state is on track to meet its target, says SFD\u2019s Robert Ong.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cLegislated protected areas account for about 26%. Including other non-legislated conservation areas brings the total to 28%. If we include our mangrove forest, we are already at 30%... I\u2019m quite confident we will be able to achieve a protected area network exceeding 30%, perhaps attaining around 34\u201335%,\u201d he said, adding that the department is proposing a few new protected areas, totalling about 165,000 ha. With much of Sabah\u2019s permanent forest estate now degraded, restoration \u201cis a key activity in forestry in Sabah today,\u201d added Ong.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:cd\/pull-quote -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-pull-quote block--pull-quote\"><div class=\"block--pull-quote__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"block--pull-quote__quote\">It\u2019s expensive, but if you want to prevent the collapse of biodiversity, you have to do this<\/blockquote><cite class=\"block--pull-quote__cite\">Robert Risch, Rhino and Forest Fund<\/cite><\/div><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:cd\/pull-quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Asked whether this would mean no more deforestation for oil palm, he responded: \u201cOil palm expansion has virtually stopped. Any planting of oil palm will likely be replanting activities, or conversion of other crops to oil palm. This does not include the clearing of native forests.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Risch agrees that the main oil palm extending era is over \u201cbecause there\u2019s not much space left\u201d. However, in Sabah there are still a few hundred thousand hectares of state and private land with forest cover potentially left to be converted. \u201cThere\u2019s still active clearing going on here and there but on smaller scales,\u201d he says, adding that he witnessed signs of clearing for oil palm during a field trip in November.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This opportunistic clearing tends to be by individuals or smallholders and is frequently done illegally. \u201cThat\u2019s why it\u2019s important to have a project on the ground taking care of an area. 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belong to the state. In Sabah, there should be a minimum 20-metre buffer zone of forested area on either side of the riverbanks to prevent erosion and pollution, \u201cbut all along the rivers, the banks are planted with oil palm wherever possible\u201d, says Risch.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The NGO has identified about 200 km of degraded riverbanks in east Sabah that could be gazetted by law and restored if sufficient funding was available, including parts of the Segama River that connect Tabin with the Heart of Borneo conservation region, he adds.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The importance of riparian buffer zones in preventing biodiversity decline in tropical landscapes dominated by oil palm was highlighted in research published last May.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cBuffer width was the main predictor of species numbers and wildlife abundance,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1002\/fee.2473\">the paper<\/a> published in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cThe bigger the buffer zone, the better,\u201d says Dr Matthew Struebig, a conservation scientist at the University of Kent\u2019s Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, and one of the study\u2019s contributing authors.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cOur research showed that doubling the buffer zone width from 20 to 40 metres (on both banks) has a disproportionate gain for species, but it can\u2019t protect them all. 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If we can do that, we can preserve nearly all the lowland species,\u201d says Risch.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","post_title":"Restoring wildlife to oil palm landscapes","post_excerpt":"A German NGO is working with partners in Malaysian Borneo to buy up former plantations and reforest them, creating wildlife corridors between protected areas","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"restoring-wildlife-to-oil-palm-landscapes","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-03-08 13:00:09","post_modified_gmt":"2023-03-08 13:00:09","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/chinadialogue.net\/?p=97682","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw","image_url":null,"file_url_en":null,"file_url_ch":null,"video_podcast_mp4":null,"image_caption":null,"content_type":null,"cd_slug":null,"en_post_id":null,"slideshow_id":null,"slideshow_name":null,"related_ids":null,"author_ids":null}},{"post":{"ID":95567,"post_author":"1072","post_date":"2023-01-20 15:38:44","post_date_gmt":"2023-01-20 15:38:44","post_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph {\"dropCap\":true} -->\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">On 8 March 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/kumparan.com\/hipontianak\/petani-plasma-demo-ke-dprd-sintang-pembagian-shu-hanya-rp-53-ribu-per-3-bulan-1xe3OFLszts\/full\">dozens<\/a> of Indonesian contract farmers gathered in front of the local parliament building at Sintang, West Kalimantan, to protest against three palm oil companies. These contract farmers, also known as \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/daemeter.org\/en\/publication\/detail\/53\/overview-of-indonesian-oil-palm-smallholders-farmers-a-typology-of-organizational-models-needs-and-investment-opportunities\">plasma smallholders<\/a>\u201d, work under a scheme with a company that sends field workers to plant on the farmers\u2019 land in return for part of the harvest.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Along with two Indonesian companies, the Chinese company PT Julong Group Indonesia was accused of disbursing a concession fee that the contract farmers claimed to be too <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wartajurnalis.com\/heboh-2-kantor-julong-grup-digerudug-warga-akibat-kecewa-bertahun-tahun\/\">low<\/a> and not reflective of the rising price of palm fruit. Julong was also accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wartajurnalis.com\/heboh-2-kantor-julong-grup-digerudug-warga-akibat-kecewa-bertahun-tahun\/\">land grabbing<\/a> \u2013 taking over local land illegally for palm oil cultivation.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In response, the leader of the local parliament <a href=\"https:\/\/kumparan.com\/hipontianak\/ratusan-warga-kawal-pengecekan-lahan-yang-diduga-diserobot-perusahaan-sawit-1xkhlrZcEPC\">visited<\/a> the land under dispute, along with hundreds of contract farmers, but Julong was absent. To press for a response, the protesters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wartajurnalis.com\/heboh-2-kantor-julong-grup-digerudug-warga-akibat-kecewa-bertahun-tahun\/\">besieged<\/a> the company\u2019s office, which further escalated to blocking the road to the company\u2019s complex. The conflict lasted for 12 days and ended only after the local parliamentarians held closed-door <a href=\"https:\/\/kumparan.com\/hipontianak\/respons-tuntutan-warga-kepada-pt-julong-dprd-sintang-keluarkan-10-rekomendasi-1xqFC07gLNY\">mediation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This series of events form the largest protests against Julong in recent years. Despite the company\u2019s presence in Indonesia for more than a decade, Julong often still struggles with community discord over its sustainability practices. This is in sharp contrast to how Julong is presented by Chinese sources as a <a href=\"https:\/\/global.chinadaily.com.cn\/a\/201810\/02\/WS5bb25e3ca310eff303280817.html\">role model<\/a> among China\u2019s \u201cgoing-out\u201d enterprises (companies which invest in foreign nations).<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Drawing on our ongoing study of Julong and other evidence, we consider both the context for China\u2019s presence in Indonesia\u2019s palm oil sector and different stakeholder views on Julong\u2019s sustainability practices. In doing so, we aim to reflect on the particular challenges associated with China\u2019s palm oil business in Indonesia, for both China\u2019s \u201cgoing-out\u201d enterprises and Indonesia\u2019s palm oil sector.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 id=\"h-china-s-presence-in-indonesia-s-palm-oil-production\">China\u2019s presence in Indonesia\u2019s palm oil production<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil with many different properties and functions. According to WWF-UK, it is present in close to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwf.org.uk\/updates\/8-things-know-about-palm-oil\">50%<\/a> of packaged products in supermarkets, ranging from food including pizza, doughnuts and chocolate, to personal care items such as deodorant, shampoo, toothpaste and lipstick. Indonesia is the world\u2019s largest supplier of palm oil: in 2017, the country alone produced almost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-020-77458-4\">50%<\/a> of global supply. Around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forest-trends.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Commitments-in-Country-Web-2020-FINAL_LW3.pdf\">two-thirds<\/a> of the Indonesia-produced palm oil is exported, with major international buyers including India, China, and Europe.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Despite its economic significance, or perhaps because of it, Indonesia\u2019s palm oil sector has been highly contentious given its profound adverse environmental and social impacts in some circumstances. The production of palm oil has resulted in major deforestation of Indonesia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwf.org.uk\/updates\/8-things-know-about-palm-oil\">peat swamp forests<\/a> \u2013 the native habitats of endangered species such as orangutans and also one of the world\u2019s most important ecosystems. Conversion of these forests to palm oil plantations frequently causes <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2019\/08\/haze-from-fires-indonesias-national-embarrassment-are-back\/\">forest fires<\/a> and massive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-020-14298-w?fbclid=IwAR141PpiDASMICQNv4GGvIxM5BcwnsmSkH_fViJOeuIMYTzGUgqg7tQzKMQ\">greenhouse gas emission<\/a>s from the carbon rich peatlands, contributing to climate change. Socially, land-related conflicts with local and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwf.org.uk\/updates\/8-things-know-about-palm-oil\">indigenous communities<\/a> have been pervasive. 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content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:cd\/article-image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>China is the world\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/agriculture\/?commodity=palm-oil&graph=imports\">second largest<\/a> importer of palm oil after India. Given various <a href=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/food\/will-china-produce-its-own-palm-oil-2\/\">serious constraints<\/a> on producing palm oil domestically, China has been <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.cdp.net\/cdp-production\/cms\/reports\/documents\/000\/005\/270\/original\/CDP_China_Palm_Oil_Report_2020.pdf?1594112746\">entirely dependent<\/a> on imports. Establishing palm oil operations overseas has thus been a way to directly control production, which has been driven by a national imperative to secure food supply and gain <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lswz.gov.cn\/html\/zt\/qglscy\/2018-06\/14\/content_237036.shtml\">more leverage<\/a> over international pricing.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On the Indonesian side, China\u2019s demand for palm oil is welcome, especially due to dwindling demand from Europe. In 2018, the European Union introduced a <a href=\"https:\/\/protect-au.mimecast.com\/s\/BJ8eCQnzDmskQJGl8Tx7DSc?domain=astra-agro.co.id\">ban<\/a> on palm oil biofuels (effective from 2021). Soon after, during a visit to Indonesia by China\u2019s Premier Li Keqiang in 2018, Indonesia\u2019s President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Li specifically discussed and agreed to <a href=\"https:\/\/protect-au.mimecast.com\/s\/85irCROAEnsv6y90JcNwlfF?domain=thejakartapost.com\">increase<\/a> China\u2019s palm oil imports from Indonesia.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 id=\"h-julong-as-china-s-exemplar\">Julong as China\u2019s 'exemplar'<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Established in 1993 in Tianjin, Julong is a privately-owned enterprise that started as a small grain oil shop and then focused on palm oil related businesses. It is now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lswz.gov.cn\/html\/zt\/qglscy\/2018-06\/14\/content_237036.shtml\">the largest palm oil player<\/a> in China, contributing to 22% of total trade volume. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jlaicz.com\/yqgk\/dsj\/\">In 2006,<\/a> following the Chinese government\u2019s call for \u201cgoing out\u201d, Julong officially launched its first foreign investment in Indonesia\u2019s palm oil plantation.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Today, the Julong Group owns <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.cccme.org.cn\/cn\/tongxun\/newdetail.asp?id=59955.\">11 palm oil plantations<\/a> in Indonesia (mainly in Kalimantan), with a total area of nearly 200,000 hectares. Julong has also expanded to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jlaicz.com\/gyjl\/jtjs\/\">palm oil processing and logistics businesses<\/a> in multiple sites in Indonesia, and owns three crushing mills, two river port logistics warehousing bases, and several other plants under construction.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Julong\u2019s presence in Indonesia has received <a href=\"https:\/\/beltandroad.hktdc.com\/sc\/sme-corner\/industrial-park\/china-indonesia-julong-agricultural-industry-cooperation-zone\">high-level government recognition<\/a> from the China side. In particular, the China-Indonesia Julong Agricultural Industry Cooperation Zone \u2013 a project led by Julong in collaboration with its partners \u2013 was among the Belt and Road projects signed by <a href=\"http:\/\/julongchina.com\/newshow.asp?id=843&x=\">presidents from both sides<\/a> during a visit by China\u2019s President Xi Jinping to Indonesia in 2013 and also during Jokowi\u2019s visit to China in 2015.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Within China, Julong has been promoted as an exemplar among the \u201cgoing out\u201d enterprises. The Group has received extensive media coverage (eg <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.cn\/xinwen\/2018-10\/02\/content_5327630.htm\">Xinhua<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sohu.com\/a\/258424065_162281\">CCTV<\/a>) on its sustainability practices; and it was listed as a successful case study in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwi-ntmCk9b3AhWF7nMBHcAvCG0QFnoECA4QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cn.undp.org%2Fcontent%2Fdam%2Fchina%2Fdocs%2FPublications%2FCH-2017%2520report%2520on%2520sustainable%2520development%2520CH%2520Enterprises%2520Overseas.pdf&usg=AOvVaw3Svq172qvbOieWH09tzIim\">2017 Sustainable Development Report on Chinese Overseas Enterprises<\/a>, jointly published by China\u2019s Ministry of Commerce, State Council, and the China Office of the UN Development Programme. Julong was also ranked first among 99 of China\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative industrial parks, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.efchina.org\/Reports-zh\/report-cip-20200731-zh\">2020 study<\/a> by China\u2019s Energy Foundation and the China Energy Research Society.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These appraisals have emphasised Julong\u2019s work creating <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.cccme.org.cn\/cn\/tongxun\/newdetail.asp?id=59955\">employment<\/a>, sharing profits with smallholder farmers through the plasma scheme (termed as a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lswz.gov.cn\/html\/zt\/qglscy\/2018-06\/14\/content_237036.shtml\">\u201ccooperative planting\u201d<\/a> model in Chinese), increasing local people\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.cn\/xinwen\/2018-10\/02\/content_5327630.htm\">income<\/a>, and improving local <a href=\"http:\/\/zqb.cyol.com\/html\/2016-11\/28\/nw.D110000zgqnb_20161128_1-01.htm\">infrastructure<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:cd\/article-image {\"media\":{\"id\":95662,\"title\":\"Deforestation in Central Kalimantan\",\"filename\":\"Deforestation-in-Central-Kalimantan_Ulet-Ifansasti_Greenpeace_GP0STO8YO.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Deforestation-in-Central-Kalimantan_Ulet-Ifansasti_Greenpeace_GP0STO8YO.jpg\",\"link\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/?attachment_id=95662\",\"alt\":\"Deforestation in Central Kalimantan\",\"author\":\"1072\",\"description\":\"Deforestation in Central Kalimantan\",\"caption\":\"A network of access roads on former orang-utan habitat inside the PT Karya Makmur Abadi Estate II palm oil concession. 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In 2017, Julong\u2019s membership of the <a href=\"https:\/\/rspo.org\/library\/lib_files\/preview\/872\">Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil<\/a> \u2013 the international organisation promoting the growth and use of sustainable palm oil \u2013 was <a href=\"https:\/\/rspo.org\/file\/acop2016\/sectoral\/ACOP_Digest_2016_FA-v180314_lores.pdf\">terminated<\/a> after the company failed to submit its Annual Communications of Progress for three consecutive years.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Julong is also poorly rated by Greenpeace in terms of forest protection and fire control. In Greenpeace\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-southeastasia-stateless\/2021\/10\/85efa777-illegal_palm_oil_in_forest_estate.pdf\">2021 report<\/a> on illegal palm oil in Indonesia\u2019s forests, Julong was listed as one of the top 25 producer groups with the largest palm area inside forests. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/11\/5c8a9799-burning-down-the-house-greenpeace-indonesia-fires-briefing.pdf\">2019 report<\/a> on Indonesia\u2019s fires, Julong was identified by Greenpeace as one of the groups with the highest number of fire alerts\/\u201chotspots\u201d (as derived from satellite sensors), responsible for burning 6,800 hectares of land between 2015 and 2018.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Another major criticism of Julong relates to its lack of transparency. On an online platform called SPOTT, developed by the international conservation charity Zoological Society of London, Julong is ranked as one of the lowest on their Palm Oil Environmental, Social, and Governance policy transparency assessments: it had a total score of 1.1 out of 100, and ranked 93rd out of 100 selected companies in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spott.org\/palm-oil\/\">2021 annual review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 id=\"h-ambivalent-local-attitudes-about-julong\">Ambivalent local attitudes about Julong<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>During the conflict described earlier, the plasma-smallholder protestors raised 17 demands, mostly calling for Julong to share more of their business revenues\/profits with them. This included not only increasing the concession fee, but also involving plasma smallholders in Julong\u2019s business operations (as opposed to keeping to a transaction-based relationship only) and hiring more local people (instead of foreigners and\/or Indonesians from other parts of Indonesia) as either field workers or managers.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In addition, a key issue raised during the conflict was Julong\u2019s corporate social responsibility (CSR). Commenting on the protests, local parliamentarians suggest that the <a href=\"https:\/\/sintangpost.com\/read\/8920\/nikodemus-kehadiran-investasi-perkebunan-sawit-harus-berikan-nilai-tambah-bagi-masyarakat.html\">problem<\/a> is that Julong has failed to deliver CSR programs that bring positive, substantial impacts to the local society. In elaborating on their expectations, one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.suarakapuasraya.com\/investasi-harus-mensejahterakan-masyarakat\/\">stated<\/a>:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"color\":{\"background\":\"#f3f7f8\"}}} -->\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f3f7f8\">\u201cCSR is mandated by law and thus must be delivered. Companies [including Julong] must be sensitive to what the community needs and try to help them, such as by repairing roads, helping with worship facilities, providing educational assistance and other social assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Local dissatisfaction with Julong was also manifested in a conflict at Sintang in 2019. Similar to the more recent episode, a number of villagers barricaded the access road to one of Julong\u2019s estates, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radarnusantara.com\/2019\/08\/ptjulong-group-diduga-bohongi-8-desa-di.html\">accusing<\/a> the company of delaying the conversion of their plots for planting, which was agreed in 2007. The long delay made Julong the sole beneficiary of the plots and prevented the plasma smallholders from sharing any benefit. Again, the villagers attributed their discontent to the absence of CSR programs from Julong. As one village head <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radarnusantara.com\/2019\/08\/ptjulong-group-diduga-bohongi-8-desa-di.html\">complained<\/a>: \u201cThey [Julong] take all the harvest from plasma smallholders but has never delivered any CSR.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The complaints against Julong are not uncommon in Indonesian\u2019s palm oil sector. Such grievances or protests may also target Indonesian or other foreign companies, and frequently, the overarching goal is to press for a redistribution of wealth \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dukeupress.edu\/plantation-life\">so that the companies extracted less and gave more<\/a>\u201d. To contextualise the local discontent, various local stakeholders during our fieldwork share the view that, within Indonesian rural communities, those members with considerable wealth \u2013 especially a large company like Julong \u2013 are expected to contribute to the well-being of local people and share their revenues\/profits broadly. This is particularly true in less developed areas such as Sintang as local governments tend to struggle to deliver even basic public services. 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(Image:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cifor\/49753910172\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ricky Martin<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/cifor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CIFOR<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CC BY NC ND<\/a>)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BTMU-workers_Flickr_49753910172_2666418eaa_3k-scaled.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1707\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:cd\/article-image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The legal protections around these expectations are generally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dukeupress.edu\/plantation-life\">weak<\/a>. Indonesia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/jdih.kemenkeu.go.id\/fullText\/2014\/39TAHUN2014UU.pdf\">Plantation Law<\/a> only vaguely requires state-owned and private companies to provide benefits to the local population, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/peraturan.bpk.go.id\/Home\/Details\/39903\/uu-no-25-tahun-2007#:~:text=Undang%2Dundang%20(UU)%20ini,pada%20tanggal%2026%20April%202008\">Investment Law<\/a>, while including a provision on CSR, does not include specific regulations or standards on what corporations must accomplish. These ambiguities thus open a vast space for interpretation and negotiation between a company and various local stakeholders.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Indeed, our fieldwork indicates that the demands raised in the recent demonstration are controversial on the ground. In fact, Julong only has a dozen employees with a Chinese background among more than a thousand of its staff members in Sintang. The overwhelming majority of Julong employees are non-locals from other areas of Indonesia but this appears to be more driven by a general lack of attractiveness of palm oil field worker jobs. These offer relatively low income but require longer work hours when compared to rubber planting, which remains the most popular option among locals in Sintang.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:cd\/related-news {\"selectedPost\":72878} -->\n<a class=\"wp-block-cd-related-news alignright block--related-news loading\" data-post-id=\"72878\"><div class=\"block--related-news__image\"><\/div><div class=\"block--related-news__content\"><span class=\"block--related-news__heading\">Recommended<\/span><span class=\"block--related-news__title\"><\/span><\/div><\/a>\n<!-- \/wp:cd\/related-news -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Also, while Julong has been repeatedly accused in media reports of \u201cfailing\u201d to deliver CSR, it was presented with a <a href=\"https:\/\/pontianakinformasi.co.id\/lokal\/julong-group-indonesia-mendapatkan-penghargaan-atas-kontribusi-sosial-di-sintang\/\">CSR Award<\/a> by the Sintang government in 2021 to recognise the company\u2019s efforts to help with two major disasters. In December 2020, Julong <a href=\"https:\/\/pontianak.tribunnews.com\/2020\/11\/26\/bantu-penanganan-corona-julong-grup-serahkan-csr-berupa-kit-reagen-untuk-dinkes-sintang\">donated<\/a> Covid-19 PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) test kits to the government. Following a heavy flood in November 2021, Julong <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beritasatu.com\/archive\/854033\/investor-sawit-tiongkok-salurkan-bantuan-untuk-korban-banjir-sintang\">provided<\/a> 300 food packages for affected locals. The company also <a href=\"https:\/\/pontianakpost.jawapos.com\/daerah\/sintang\/22\/11\/2021\/atasi-lumpunya-akses-utama-saat-banjir-julong-group-lakukan-peninggian-jalan-di-dusun-sona\/\">funded<\/a> a road upgrade project in a small but vital piece of road, making it flood-resistant, thereby facilitating inter-village connectivity. Clearly, however, while these efforts seemed applaudable to Julong and the Sintang government, many in the local community considered them <a href=\"https:\/\/sintangpost.com\/read\/8920\/nikodemus-kehadiran-investasi-perkebunan-sawit-harus-berikan-nilai-tambah-bagi-masyarakat.html\">insubstantial<\/a> in terms of contributing to local livelihoods.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2>Challenges for 'going-out' enterprises and the palm oil sector<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>At the macro level, despite the socio-environmental concerns around Indonesia\u2019s palm oil industry, China\u2019s presence has been strategic and welcomed by both sides. In this context, Julong\u2019s entry to Indonesia has received high-level government recognition and the company has been portrayed as particularly laudable among China\u2019s \u201cgoing out\u201d enterprises, especially for providing <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.cccme.org.cn\/cn\/tongxun\/newdetail.asp?id=59955\">employment<\/a><em> <\/em>and improving <a href=\"http:\/\/zqb.cyol.com\/html\/2016-11\/28\/nw.D110000zgqnb_20161128_1-01.htm\">infrastructure<\/a>.The greatest criticism of Julong has come from international NGOs, targeting the company\u2019s poor performance in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-southeastasia-stateless\/2021\/10\/85efa777-illegal_palm_oil_in_forest_estate.pdf\">forest protection<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/11\/5c8a9799-burning-down-the-house-greenpeace-indonesia-fires-briefing.pdf\">fire control<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spott.org\/palm-oil\/\">lack of transparency<\/a><em>. <\/em>At a local level, Julong\u2019s profit sharing with plasma smallholders and CSR efforts have been the focus point of disputes in Sintang. While plasma smallholders and some local parliamentarians have voiced concern about what they see as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.suarakapuasraya.com\/investasi-harus-mensejahterakan-masyarakat\/\">a lack of CSR<\/a>, there are loose legal requirements on companies such as Julong in terms of CSR, despite the high needs and expectations of locals. On the other hand, Julong\u2019s CSR efforts have received recognition from the local government, particularly for <a href=\"https:\/\/pontianakinformasi.co.id\/lokal\/julong-group-indonesia-mendapatkan-penghargaan-atas-kontribusi-sosial-di-sintang\/\">helping out in disasters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The contrasting viewpoints on Julong\u2019s operations in Indonesia are rooted in vastly different priorities and interpretations across stakeholders. The socio-environmental challenges are thus deeply political. That is, whose view is important?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While the pressure from NGOs and various local groups (including plasma smallholders and parliamentarians) is also faced by Indonesian or other foreign companies, a particular challenge for a Chinese company relates to the differences between operating in China and outside it. As Julong\u2019s PR executive officer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.setc-zone.com\/system\/2017\/05\/04\/011260966.shtml\">explained<\/a>:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"color\":{\"background\":\"#f3f7f8\"}}} -->\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f3f7f8\">\u201cIn case of land acquisition, there is a very large gap between the local [Indonesian] customs and those in China. After the [Indonesian] local government sells the land to you, they will wash their hands off the matter, leaving all the rest things to be handled by yourself, including the compensation and communication with villagers [while the government in China would be directly involved in negotiating with villagers]\u2026conflicts were common, the roads were frequently blocked, and some even took the gun and machetes to come to our location.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The critical challenge for Julong has been to learn how to <em>directly <\/em>interact with the various stakeholders in a foreign context with limited experience, since the Chinese government assumes a very assertive role. The company has clearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinatradenews.com.cn\/epaper\/content\/2018-11\/08\/content_56358.htm\">recognised<\/a> this challenge and in response has established an \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.setc-zone.com\/system\/2017\/05\/04\/011260966.shtml\">environment division<\/a>\u201c, a public relations department responsible for communicating with various stakeholders. However, from the recent conflict and Julong\u2019s rather passive response at the Sintang site, it seems there is still a long way to go for the company to effectively negotiate with various local stakeholders, not only the government.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:cd\/related-news {\"selectedPost\":79507} -->\n<a class=\"wp-block-cd-related-news alignright block--related-news loading\" data-post-id=\"79507\"><div class=\"block--related-news__image\"><\/div><div class=\"block--related-news__content\"><span class=\"block--related-news__heading\">Recommended<\/span><span class=\"block--related-news__title\"><\/span><\/div><\/a>\n<!-- \/wp:cd\/related-news -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>From the Indonesian perspective, dealing with Julong and other Chinese palm oil players more generally also comes with its own issues. Most notably, as companies like Julong primarily serve the Chinese market, there is significantly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forest-trends.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Commitments-in-Country-Web-2020-FINAL_LW3.pdf\">less market<\/a> and home country pressure on the company to uphold NGO and Western sustainability standards (especially when compared to a counterpart serving a Western market). Another key factor is a countering discourse created within China, where companies like Julong may already be considered leaders in terms of sustainability practices, based on a different set of priorities and criteria. These critical contexts provide important explanation as to why Julong can almost ignore its poor rankings among NGOs.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>However, this doesn\u2019t mean that Chinese companies can freely practice sustainability the Chinese way. As the conflict at Sintang shows, local players may demonstrate their agency through powerful <a href=\"https:\/\/kumparan.com\/hipontianak\/petani-plasma-demo-ke-dprd-sintang-pembagian-shu-hanya-rp-53-ribu-per-3-bulan-1xe3OFLszts\/full\">means<\/a> including protesting and appealing to local parliamentarians, directly interrupting Julong\u2019s operations, and amplifying their voices through local media. This makes it almost impossible for Julong to completely neglect local demands, especially given the company\u2019s heavy reliance on local resources including land and labour. From this perspective, the sustainability practices of Chinese companies are not determined by the Chinese side alone, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/china-quarterly\/article\/abs\/chinese-outbound-investment-in-australia-from-state-control-to-entrepreneurship\/33C65252863A97C56CB0F0FE28162253\">co-evolve<\/a> in contexts within their host society. As such, the challenges introduced by China\u2019s influence in Indonesia\u2019s palm oil sector are also not one-sided and constant but are shaped by shared understandings of appropriateness and evolve over time.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>This article was originally published by <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/melbourneasiareview.edu.au\/the-socio-environmental-challenges-for-chinas-palm-oil-business-in-indonesia\/\"><em>Melbourne Asia Review<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"color\":{\"background\":\"#f3f7f8\"}}} -->\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f3f7f8\">This article is part of our ongoing series on palm oil. <a href=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/tag\/palm-oil\/\"><em>Explore the series to date here.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","post_title":"China\u2019s palm oil business in Indonesia: Socio-environmental challenges","post_excerpt":"Indonesia has welcomed investments by Chinese companies in its palm oil industry, but local communities have accused them of neglecting local needs","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"china-palm-oil-business-in-indonesia-challenges","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-01-31 17:30:50","post_modified_gmt":"2023-01-31 17:30:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/chinadialogue.net\/?p=95567","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw","image_url":null,"file_url_en":null,"file_url_ch":null,"video_podcast_mp4":null,"image_caption":null,"content_type":null,"cd_slug":null,"en_post_id":null,"slideshow_id":null,"slideshow_name":null,"related_ids":null,"author_ids":null}},{"post":{"ID":91945,"post_author":"3350","post_date":"2022-11-15 17:55:46","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-15 17:55:46","post_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph {\"dropCap\":true} -->\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">At the northwestern tip of New Guinea, mangroves line rivers that wind their way through densely forested islands and capes. 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company\u2019s concession area just north of Segun village (Image: Vebrryan Hembring \/ China Dialogue)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220813_West-Papua-pole-marking-oil-palm-concession_VebrryanHembring_ChinaDialogue.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1707\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:cd\/story-image --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:columns -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Yance, his family and ancestors are part of the Moi indigenous group, who are spread across Sorong\u2019s forests and towns. When he was an official in a neighbouring district, he witnessed the damage an oil palm plantation can bring, with cleared land leaching silt into rivers and pesticides infecting the air and water. That plantation has been <a href=\"https:\/\/chainreactionresearch.com\/continued-deforestation-and-ownership-confusion-in-fangiono-family-linked-groups\/\"> linked<\/a> to the Fangiono family, which has ranked among Indonesia\u2019s largest deforesters in the last few years.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A sister company upstream has been embroiled in a long-running legal battle that reached the Supreme Court earlier this year and may have wide-ranging implications for the Moi. In a decision published this month, the judges sided with local officials seeking to protect Moi claims to their ancestral lands. Last month, however, the same court sided with two other oil palm companies to the east and west of Segun, ruling that they were the victims of regulatory wrongdoing at the hands of the local government.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For more than a decade, Moi members have opposed oil palm plantations in favour of the biodiversity of rivers and forests. When local officials began backing them, the palm oil companies turned to the courts, bringing a series of lawsuits and appeals. At the heart of this battle is the issue of indigenous land rights. In an uncertain environment for indigenous peoples in Indonesia, the court decisions may pave the way to recognition for the Moi, or put up yet more barriers against it.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 id=\"h-a-regency-takes-the-initiative\">A regency takes the initiative<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The battle began back in April 2021, when the Sorong regency government revoked the business permits of four oil palm companies. Three of the companies responded by suing the officials responsible, alleging that they had not received due warning. There\u2019s a procedure to sanction permit holders, they said, and Johny Kamuru, the head of Sorong at the time, had not followed it.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Johny, a Moi politician who grew up living between Sorong\u2019s forests and urban areas, said he had acted on the recommendation of a 2021 legal review of oil palm permits in West Papua province. Indonesia\u2019s Corruption Eradication Commission, in collaboration with local officials, had spent three years reviewing licences. It concluded that 10 companies in the province had violated the terms of their permits.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In Sorong, the licences of four companies had required they obtain the rights to the land and develop a plantation within three years. After more than seven years, they had not done either. Johny acted swiftly. 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\u00ad\u2013 Gideon Kilme, head of Konhir district\u2019s Indigenous Council (Image: Vebrryan Hembring \/ China Dialogue)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220814_West-Papua-Tarsa-village-Gideon-Kilme_VebrryanHembring_ChinaDialogue.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"1 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1707\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:cd\/story-image --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:columns -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Gideon, who has since become the head of the Indigenous Council of Konhir district, relayed this information to the court dealing with the SAS lawsuit in Jayapura, the capital of Papua province, which handles both Papua and West Papua cases. For him, the legal action was about much more than an administrative issue. The authorities had allowed companies to stake a claim on land where people had built lives and culture.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s as if they don\u2019t know that below the trees there are people farming and hunting,\u201d Gideon told us in his home in Tarsa. \u201cThey should visit the forest to meet with these people, so they see the forest isn\u2019t empty, so they see the people that live there.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In December last year, the judges in Jayapura rejected the SAS argument that the company deserved procedural warnings before losing its business permit. The following month, the same judges issued similar decisions for the two other companies. Papua Lestari Abadi (PLA), like SAS, is part of the Mega Masindo Group. 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content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221115_West-Papua-palm-oil-concessions-map_ChinaDialogue_English-v2.png\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"1 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1447\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1978\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:cd\/story-image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In their decisions, the judges emphasised that Moi claims to land rights trumped the companies\u2019 claims. They affirmed the Moi tribe\u2019s status as a legal entity, and one whose forest livelihoods were under threat. This was critical because legal status enables indigenous groups to carry rights to their customary land, and thus to challenge the land rights companies may have obtained.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Since its creation, Indonesia has struggled to realise its constitutional promise to build a pluralist society that protects the country\u2019s hundreds of ethnicities and their customs, in large part because of the lack of recognition for indigenous groups.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2>\u2018Our land is our culture\u2019<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>One afternoon in August, when the tide had risen just high enough in Segun village, we boarded a boat with a few men in their 20s. Demi Nibra, Disyon Malalu and Salmon Sawat took us downriver, through the mangroves, to check the community\u2019s looped ropes that trap deer and boar. Most of the ground is swamp, with up to a half metre of mud. 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Dialogue)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220812_West-Papua-Segun-hunters-in-forest_VebrryanHembring_ChinaDialogue.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1707\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:cd\/story-image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cAfter two or three days, we come back to check the snares,\u201d Salmon says. One snare had trapped a relatively large boar. With just a machete, it was too dangerous to approach an animal like this squirming with fright. Salmon once got too close and now has a disfigured finger.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>But we didn\u2019t leave disappointed, since there was enough food back in the village, and most food is shared. If they wanted more, it would only take another walk through the forest.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Disyon returned the next morning with a spear, slaughtered the boar, and sold it in a nearby town of migrants from other parts of the country. One leg can earn 250,000 rupiah, or just under US$20.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cWhat if we can no longer get what we need from the forest? 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(Image: Asrida Elisabeth \/ China Dialogue)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220812_West-Papua-sacred-forest_AsridaElizabeth_ChinaDialogue.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1920\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:cd\/story-image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Other than the birds rustling overhead, the only sound is our footsteps in the mud. The canopy absorbs the rest, leaving the trees\u2019 own muted breath in the wind. Malamoi, the name the Moi give to the area in which they live, is lush and varied. Long-time residents can trace the movements of animals through the forest and know where to find seasonal fruits. New Guinea has the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-020-2549-5\">richest plant diversity<\/a> of any island, according to some scientists.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The three oil palm companies who sued the Sorong government held permits over more than 90,000 hectares \u2013 an area a little larger than New York City \u2013 more than half of which is designated as forest. 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income for women in West Papua, and another example of how local economies rely on the biodiversity of the forest (Image: Vebrryan Hembring \/ China Dialogue)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220814_West-Papua-Tarsa-village-weaving-noken-bag_VebrryanHembring_ChinaDialogue.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1707\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:cd\/story-image --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:columns -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Maria Syatfle grows some taro on her farm, as well as chillies, papaya, lemongrass, squash and other leafy vegetables. 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indigenous councils. The councils are playing a key role in efforts to gain national recognition of Moi land claims. (Image: Vebrryan Hembring \/ China Dialogue)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220811_West-Papua-Moi-indigenous-council-heads_VebrryanHembring_ChinaDialogue.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1707\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:cd\/story-image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A pillar of their defence was a local regulation document Johny signed in 2017 in which he and the Sorong government recognised the rights and land of the Moi tribe. By then, the companies had already received permits from a previous administration, but the regulation enshrined into local law that Moi have a right to be consulted and involved in any project hoping to develop Moi land. It set in motion a committee to map and convert land managed by the government into land managed by clans and sub-ethnicities. The Moi voice had been secured in Sorong, but it was just the first step toward recognition on a national level.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Since then, Moi have been creating local councils to support the collection of information for recognising land claims. They also act as local regulators to represent the tribe in dealings with outside landowners or businesses. Gideon Kilme leads the council in Tarsa, and Ishak Mili is the head in Segun.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cAs the head of the [Segun] Indigenous Council, I can\u2019t say I am prepared for oil palm to come, because the victim will be my community,\u201d Ishak says. \u201cLife for people here is the forest.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:cd\/story-image {\"media\":{\"uploading\":false,\"date\":\"2022-11-14T16:44:46.000Z\",\"filename\":\"20220811_West-Papua-Segun-Indigenous-Council-head-Ishak-Mili_VebrryanHembring_ChinaDialogue.jpg\",\"menuOrder\":0,\"uploadedTo\":91945,\"type\":\"image\",\"subtype\":\"jpeg\",\"alt\":\"the head of the Segun Indigenous Council\",\"title\":\"20220811_West-Papua-Segun-Indigenous-Council-head-Ishak-Mili_VebrryanHembring_ChinaDialogue\",\"caption\":\"the head of the Segun Indigenous Council\",\"description\":\"the head of the Segun Indigenous 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I can\u2019t say I am prepared for oil palm to come, because the victim will be my community\u201d \u2013\u00a0Ishak Mili (Image: Vebrryan Hembring \/ China Dialogue)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220811_West-Papua-Segun-Indigenous-Council-head-Ishak-Mili_VebrryanHembring_ChinaDialogue.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"1 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1707\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:cd\/story-image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some Moi members have welcomed the arrival of oil palm and relinquished land claims to companies. They see the potential for businesses to offer jobs, raise incomes, repair roads and build schools. Companies are also required to share profits through community plantations as part of the \u201cplasma\u201d scheme. None of the three suing companies had established plasma plantations within the time limits stipulated by their permits, however.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Before the companies received permits on Sorong land, a local politician and timber businessman had paid for Moi members to travel to Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, to learn from oil palm businesses there. But for Saul Malagilit, who joined the excursion, the programme backfired.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cI interviewed workers and harvested oil palm fruit, while the traditional owners of the land cried to me, because they had nowhere to go,\u201d says Saul, now a Segun village elder. He returned home and told the regent at the time that he opposed oil palm development. 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Many residents know the damage oil palm can bring, and have opposed plantation companies with concessions in their district for years. 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by the side of the road leading to Segun. West Papua is a new frontier for the crop \u2013 as of 2020, 51,018 hectares had been developed into oil palm plantations in the province, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/ditjenbun.pertanian.go.id\/template\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BUKU-STATISTIK-PERKEBUNAN-2019-2021-OK.pdf\">Ministry of Agriculture<\/a>. (Image: Vebrryan Hembring \/ China Dialogue)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220811_West-Papua-oil-palm-fruit-awaiting-collection_VebrryanHembring_ChinaDialogue.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1707\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:cd\/story-image --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:columns -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After losing their cases in Jayapura, the three companies appealed to a higher court in Makassar, on the island of Sulawesi in central Indonesia. There, the judges scolded the Sorong government for failing to issue warnings before revoking the permits, and told it to give them back.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Officials may give advance warning to companies in normal times, but these weren\u2019t normal times, Nur said. \u201cIf it\u2019s urgent, you can immediately revoke permits, without warning letters. And Papua\u2019s forests are in a critical condition.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:cd\/accordion -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-accordion block--accordion\"><span class=\"block--accordion__title\">Deforestation in Indonesia<\/span><div class=\"block--accordion__content\"><div class=\"block--accordion__content__inner\"><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While deforestation has slowed in Indonesia in recent years, the provinces of Papua and West Papua remain hotspots for forest clearance, primarily to make space for oil palms and pulpwood.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Having exhausted much of the space in Sumatra and Kalimantan, analysts say, plantation developments are increasingly moving eastward.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>With rising ocean levels, unpredictable extreme weather and acidifying seas threatening many communities across Indonesia, protecting the country\u2019s remaining forests is key to preventing worsening climate change.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The island of New Guinea is home to the third-largest rainforest in the world, which stores <a href=\"https:\/\/online.ucpress.edu\/cse\/article-abstract\/5\/1\/1424133\/118395\/How-Much-Carbon-Do-the-Soils-of-Papua-New-Guinea?redirectedFrom=fulltext\">billions<\/a> of tonnes of carbon. Just in Papua province, the Indonesian government has issued permits in forests that would release half a year\u2019s worth of global aviation emissions if they were cut down, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/press-release\/47064\/planned-deforestation-threatens-indigenous-land-forest-landscapes-in-west-papua\/\">Greenpeace<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Recent research has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41893-021-00815-2\">found<\/a> that, across the tropics, indigenous lands experience less deforestation than non-protected areas.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:cd\/accordion -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In addition, since the three lawsuits were filed, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry has rescinded more company permits. In a surprising and sweeping declaration in January this year, the ministry revoked 192 forest licences from logging, ecotourism and plantation companies. Even if Sorong were to return their permits, they may be invalid because the companies no longer have the right to operate in the forests.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cWe hope that administrators at the Supreme Court can see that there are larger concerns that we can protect for these people. Investment is important, but humans are also important,\u201d said Suroso, an expert in Johny\u2019s regency office, before the court\u2019s decisions were published. \u201cWe want investment that\u2019s kind to the environment and to people, which would be native Papuans, who are rarely involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2>What comes after the court decision?<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Following the decision in Makassar, the Sorong government asked the Supreme Court, Indonesia\u2019s highest court, to take another look at the way the law had been interpreted. In October, it upheld the Makassar judgement regarding SAS and PLA, concluding that the Sorong officials did not properly warn those two companies before revoking their permits. But in a decision published earlier this month, the court did the opposite, affirming the local government\u2019s decision to revoke the permits of IKL.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Nur had been optimistic about the Supreme Court\u2019s involvement, but now the way ahead is unclear. 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The lawsuits against former regent Johny Kamuru are being heard in courts far away from here, making the process more difficult and expensive for him and his legal team. (Image: Vebrryan Hembring \/ China Dialogue)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220816_West-Papua-Sorong-government-house_VebrryanHembring_ChinaDialogue.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1707\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:cd\/story-image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Both a loss and a win at the Supreme Court level leaves much work for the Moi to accomplish before having their land rights enshrined in national law. With business permits, the companies may still apply for new forest and location permits, Iwan Niode says. But even without the companies, there are regulatory hurdles to clear.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>One of the challenges when it comes to land rights is mapping the area owned by the tribe, as well as each clan. The work, which could take decades, includes sending workers to walk the area with GPS, managing land disputes with other groups and families, and persisting through the bureaucracy of multiple agencies. Often it also requires documenting the group\u2019s heritage through its history, livelihoods and cultural artifacts.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Arimbi Heroepoetri, senior researcher for debtWatch Indonesia, estimates this could cost 300 million rupiah (US$20,000). To push for the initial regulation to recognise a tribe, costs can be more than US$50,000. But local communities often have to compete over land with large companies that have many more resources at their disposal. As such, she says the costs make the process \u201cunfair\u201d.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:cd\/story-image {\"media\":{\"uploading\":false,\"date\":\"2022-11-14T16:48:16.000Z\",\"filename\":\"20220816_West-Papua-Sorong-Silas-Kalami_VebrryanHembring_ChinaDialogue.jpg\",\"menuOrder\":0,\"uploadedTo\":91945,\"type\":\"image\",\"subtype\":\"jpeg\",\"alt\":\"Silas Kalami, head of the Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Institution in Sorong\",\"title\":\"20220816_West-Papua-Sorong-Silas-Kalami_VebrryanHembring_ChinaDialogue\",\"caption\":\"Silas Kalami, head of the Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Institution in Sorong\",\"description\":\"Silas Kalami, head of the Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Institution in 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https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220816_West-Papua-Sorong-Silas-Kalami_VebrryanHembring_ChinaDialogue-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220816_West-Papua-Sorong-Silas-Kalami_VebrryanHembring_ChinaDialogue-1400x934.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220816_West-Papua-Sorong-Silas-Kalami_VebrryanHembring_ChinaDialogue-1800x1200.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220816_West-Papua-Sorong-Silas-Kalami_VebrryanHembring_ChinaDialogue.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 999px) 1024px, (max-width: 1400px) 1400px, (max-width: 2000px) 2000px, 2560px\" alt=\"Silas Kalami, head of the Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Institution in Sorong\"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--story-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--story-image__caption\">\u201cThere is little support for the government to build up the capacity to map [indigenous lands]\u201d \u2013 Silas Kalami, head of the Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Institution in Sorong (Image: Vebrryan Hembring \/ China Dialogue)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220816_West-Papua-Sorong-Silas-Kalami_VebrryanHembring_ChinaDialogue.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1707\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:cd\/story-image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Since Sorong\u2019s recognition of the Moi tribe in 2017, just two Moi clans of hundreds have had their land mapped. Suroso told us that the Malamoi area is not yet an indigenous forest on paper, but it is treated de facto as one. Suroso, representatives of NGOs and Moi members acknowledged the process to establish land rights was long, expensive and confusing.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cThe issue is that there is little support for the government to build up the capacity to map, and there\u2019s usually little budget to support the government on top of that,\u201d says Silas Kalami, head of the Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Institution (Lembaga Masyarakat Adat) in Sorong.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So far, the Sorong government has relied on NGOs like the Econusa Foundation and Pusaka, which researches and advocates for indigenous land rights recognition, to finance and conduct the mapping of territories.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After mapping, documentation and verification, it\u2019s up to the central government in Jakarta whether to fix tribes\u2019 and clans\u2019 land into the national registry. Of 838 groups registered with the Indigenous Lands Registration Agency (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brwa.or.id\/wa\">BRWA<\/a>), an NGO, 29 have fully completed the process and received certification from the central government. They inhabit less than 3% of the total area registered.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Johny completed his term in August, and although the new regent has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radarsorong.id\/yan-piet-mosso-akan-prioritaskan-masyarakat-moi\/\">pledged<\/a> support to the Moi tribe, the temporary nature of the regent role limits the ability of incumbents to enshrine rights in law, Nur says. It may be several years before clans have the opportunity to secure land rights.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:cd\/story-image {\"media\":{\"uploading\":false,\"date\":\"2022-11-14T16:44:55.000Z\",\"filename\":\"20220811_West-Papua-Segun-residents-fish-by-mangroves_VebrryanHembring_ChinaDialogue.jpg\",\"menuOrder\":0,\"uploadedTo\":91945,\"type\":\"image\",\"subtype\":\"jpeg\",\"alt\":\"Segun residents fish by mangroves near the village\",\"title\":\"20220811_West-Papua-Segun-residents-fish-by-mangroves_VebrryanHembring_ChinaDialogue\",\"caption\":\"Segun residents fish by mangroves near the village\",\"description\":\"Segun residents fish by mangroves near the 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The ecologies of forest and river are closely tied, with the health of one ensuring the abundance of the other. (Image: Vebrryan Hembring \/ China Dialogue)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220811_West-Papua-Segun-residents-fish-by-mangroves_VebrryanHembring_ChinaDialogue.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"1 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1707\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:cd\/story-image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Indonesian law also allows communities to apply for social forestry permits, if they can prove that they conduct productive or conservation activities on the land. These can take the form of partnerships with companies or investment to build small businesses, and they are often much <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestpeoples.org\/en\/lands-forests-territories\/report\/2021\/self-determined-land-rights-indonesia-review-various-tenure\">quicker<\/a> than traditional indigenous rights recognition. But Franky Samperante, the head of Pusaka, says that in social forestry schemes the government only grants locals a temporary permit to conduct activities on the land.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cSo communities can\u2019t control, regulate or manage the land,\u201d he says. \u201cWith indigenous forests, on the other hand, they have full autonomy, and they can manage it according to their ancestral knowledge and local experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These two criticisms \u2013 that the process for indigenous land rights recognition is slow and other programmes don\u2019t grant autonomy \u2013 have led advocates to push for change in the country\u2019s Indigenous Peoples Law. Erasmus Cahyadi, a researcher with the Alliance of Indigenous Peoples of the Archipelago (AMAN), says a bill in parliament proposes to create new paths to recognition through a court ruling and official registration, rather than a local regulation. Various forms of the bill have been in discussion in parliament for almost a decade.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cBut the bill hasn\u2019t budged from the initial discussion,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2>The road ahead<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Erasmus has asked himself about what comes after land rights recognition. Does it contribute to prosperity? 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