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Promised Land : palm oil and land acquisition in Indonesia implications for local communities and indigenous peoples
With global consumption of edible oils set to double in the next twenty years, expansion of the palm oil industry has become one of the main planks in the government of Indonesia's plans for national development. Now the opportunity to market palm oil as 'bio-diesel' is fueling even faster expansion. The implications for Indonesia's forests are dire. But what of the millions of people who live in these forests? Will this expansion help them or harm them? How, indeed, do palm oil companies acquire land for these huge estates?
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