Indonesian court halts palm oil expansion but fails to uphold Indigenous land rights

Published on March 18, 2025

Indonesia’s Supreme Court has upheld the government’s decision to block further expansion of the Tanah Merah oil palm project in Papua, preserving a Jakarta-sized swath of primary rainforest.

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