Berliana Damanik, an indigenous woman from Dolok Parmonangan village, harvests pineapples in a field near her home on Nov. 15, 2025, in Simalungun regency, North Sumatra.
She is among those affected by a prolonged agrarian conflict with pulp-and-paper company PT Toba Pulp Lestari. — Berliana Damanik, an indigenous woman from Dolok Parmonangan village, harvests pineapples in a field near her home on Nov. 15, 2025, in Simalungun regency, North Sumatra. She is among those affected by a prolonged agrarian conflict with pulp-and-paper company PT Toba Pulp Lestari.`

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