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Society 08:30 am
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State-led food estate blamed for wildfire in Papua
Observation by an independent forest monitoring platform shows that around 60,000 hectares of burned land is located inside the Merauke estate project, one-third of the total burn scar recorded across Indonesia’s easternmost island.
Academia 1 month ago
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The primacy of security logic over indigenous rights: The Wanam case
By prioritizing military expansion and resource extraction over indigenous land rights, Indonesia’s strategic development in Papua risks sacrificing constitutional protections and human safety for state control.
Academia 2 months ago
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The 5Es of economic growth and their impact on exchange rates (Part 2 of 3)
To safeguard economic sovereignty against foreign currency shocks and exploitative tech monopolies, developing nations must pivot from exporting raw materials to mandating "balanced exports" and reclaiming local control over their digital economies.
Society 5 months ago
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State-led projects drive soaring forest loss in Indonesia, watchdog finds
An environmental watchdog has found that over 430,000 hectares of forest areas were cut down last year, primarily for realizing President Prabowo Subianto’s food and energy self-sufficiency agenda.
Opinion 7 months ago
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Analysis: Food estate dream in South Papua grows bigger, more destructive
The country’s long-running food estate ambition is entering a new and larger phase with the conversion of vast forest areas in South Papua into non-forest zones, or areas for other uses (APL). Initially framed as a strategy to achieve rice self-sufficiency, the program has now expanded under President Prabowo Subianto to also pursue energy security, with palm oil positioned as a key commodity to serve both goals.
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