Indonesia

Press Release of Solidaritas Merauke, July 2026.

The documentary “Pig Feast: Colonialism in our time" presents a vivid picture of the struggle of Indigenous Peoples across the island of Papua against destruction of their territories. The film highlights indigenous resistance against large-scale projects that destroy peoples’ life spaces. One such project is the National Strategic Project Merauke, with 2.5 million hectares currently the world´s largest deforestation Project.

Communities in Indonesia living with mangrove forests face many threats like the imposition of nickel mining but also mangrove forest carbon projects. In different ways, these projects cause harmful impacts on their lives. Meanwhile, communities continue resisting and restoring mangroves by themselves, with women at the forefront.

In this publication the Indonesian organisation Walhi denounces the country’s government classification of the floods and landslides that heavily struck Aceh, North and West Sumatra in December 2025 as a ´natural disaster´.

Press Release of Solidaritas Merauke, Jakarta, 19 January 2026.

The Indonesian government wants the country to become ‘green’ by increasing the share of so-called ‘renewable energy’ to 74% of its energy matrix. This new briefing reveals and alerts about what goes behind this promise for more ‘green’ energy in Indonesia, of which a significant part is supposed to be generated by mega hydropower dams.

Joint Press Release.

The government of the Brazilian state of Pará – host of the COP30 climate conference – introduced an annual “Week of Awareness on the Importance of Carbon Credits”, the Indonesian government sets up a “Seller meets buyer” sales booth for carbon credits at the COP. These are the more visible signs of climate talks that are more concerned about creating business opportunities than halting the climate crisis.

Hari ini, Rabu, 10 Desember 2025, diperingati sebagai hari internasional untuk Hak Asasi Manusia, ditengah situasi horor kemanusiaan dan bencana ekologi yang memprihatinkan. Penderitaan, luka dan air mata, karena kehilangan tanah dan harta benda, kekerasan, penyiksaan fisik dan psikis, pengungsi di tanah sendiri dan korban pelanggaran HAM, masih terus terjadi di tanah

We are peasants from Indonesia, the world’s largest producer of palm oil. In recent decades, we have witnessed the spread of oil palm monocultures in our territory, an expansion driven by multinational companies with government support. False promises led us to accept plantation partnership schemes that put us at risk of losing our land. What was once forest and traditional crops have been replaced by monocultures that have left us with food shortages, debt, and the threat of floods. For this reason, we organized ourselves to end this exploitation and restore our traditional way of life. And here we share the story of our struggle.

Press Release of Yayasan Pusaka Bentala Rakyat Jakarta, 22 September 2025

Civil Society Response to the Indonesian Government's Reply to the Letter from Nine UN Special Rapporteurs Regarding the Merauke National Strategic Project