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Sumatra community faces up to ‘plasma’ disappointment after palm oil policy shift

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A 2022 investigation by Mongabay, the BBC and The Gecko Project found that hundreds of thousands of hectares of land had not been handed to communities by palm oil companies. In 2023, Indonesia's Directorate-General of Plantations published updated rules stating that companies with licenses issued prior to 2007 would not be required to hand 20% of their concession to local farmers.

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Sumatra community faces up to ‘plasma’ disappointment after palm oil policy shift

PEKANBARU, Indonesia — Almost two years after a joint Mongabay investigation revealed systemic failure by Indonesia’s plantation industry to share gains with community farmers, countless small farmers have yet to benefit from the profit-sharing scheme established almost two decades ago. “We’re looking for the best solution for the community,” said Jonhor Amin, a neighborhood leader in Tebing Tinggi Okura village on the outskirts of Pekanbaru, th…

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