Indonesia fast-tracks final permit for Papua rice megaproject without Indigenous consent
via news.mongabay.com
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JAKARTA — Indigenous rights activists have condemned the Indonesian government’s decision to grant 328,000 hectares (810,505 acres) of cultivation rights for a massive rice plantation project in Papua, warning that the final land permit was issued at unusually rapid speed, compared with the years-long process typically required for large-scale plantation permits. The process is also […]