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The burning scar

An investigation into a palm oil giant which has been buying up vast areas of Asia’s largest remaining rainforest. The company is also accused of burning on their land.

Indonesia is the world’s largest exporter of palm oil, a product found in everything from shampoo to soup; in the last two decades vast areas of forests have been cleared to make way for plantations.
The remote province of Papua, home to Asia’s largest remaining rainforests has escaped fairly untouched...until now. It's the new frontier for unfair palm oil expansion. In this remote region Rebecca Henschke and Ayomi Amindoni investigate allegations of unfair land deals, violations of indigenous rights and illegal burning.

(Image: Tadius Butipo, 30 years old, with his son, in a oil palm plantation. Credit: Albertus Vembrianto/Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ)

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Thu 12 Nov 2020 21:06GMT

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