PT Tunas Sawa Erma (PT TSE) Oil Palm Development in Papua

Documentation of landcover and oil palm plantation development in PT Tunas Sawa Erma (PT TSE), part of the Korindo group.

Unique identifier: GP0STT153

Type: Image

Shoot date: 31/03/2018

Locations: Indonesia, Papua, Southeast Asia

Credit line: © Ulet Ifansasti / Greenpeace

Latitude: 6°39'2.99"S

Longitude: 140°13'26.18"E

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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Investigation on Deforestation in Papua 2018

A palm oil supplier to Mars, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever is destroying rainforests in Papua, Indonesia, a new investigation by Greenpeace International has revealed.
Photos taken in March and April 2018 show massive deforestation in PT Megakarya Jaya Raya, a palm oil concession controlled by the Hayel Saeed Anam Group (HSA).
Satellite analysis suggests PT MJR cleared around 4,000ha of rainforest between May 2015 and April 2017 – an area almost half the size of Paris. The destruction resumed in September/October 2017, including within the peatland protection zone, introduced by the Indonesian government in response to the devastating forest fires in 2015. Development is prohibited in these areas.

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