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This independent field study shows how a pulp and paper company in Indonesia needs to respect Indigenous peoples’ customary rights to re-join the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).

Penelitian lapangan independen ini menunjukkan bagaimana sebuah perusahaan pulp dan kertas di Indonesia perlu menghormati hak adat masyarakat adat untuk dapat bergabung kembali dengan Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).

An independent field study reveals that indigenous peoples in Indonesia lost large parts of their customary territories to a pulp and paper company’s (APRIL) plantations, without having their rights recognised, and without their Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC).

The HCSA recently finalised a set of 14 Social Requirements that must be followed when applying the High Carbon Stock Approach. An Implementation Guide for the Social Requirements has also been developed and provides guidance for those applying the HCSA and its Social Requirements. 

Pendekatan Stok Karbon Tinggi (HCSA) adalah sebuah alat yang digunakan untuk mengenali dan menjaga hutan yang diterapkan oleh perusahaan-perusahaan yang memiliki komitmen terhadap nol deforestasi, perlindungan atas lahan gambut, dan penghentian eksploitasi sosial. HCSA saat ini telah menjadi bagian dari Prinsip dan Kriteria dari RSPO. HCSA baru-baru ini menyelesaikan serangkaian 14 Persyaratan Sosial yang harus dipenuhi ketika menerapkan HCSA.

Human rights violations by one of the world’s biggest palm oil suppliers, Wilmar International, and its subsidiaries and suppliers in West Sumatra have been revealed in a new report, released today.

Pelanggaran HAM oleh salah satu pemasok minyak kelapa sawit terbesar di dunia, Wilmar International, dan anak perusahaan serta pemasoknya di Sumatra Barat diungkapkan dalam sebuah laporan baru yang dirilis hari ini.

Communities seeking redress for their lands, grabbed for pulpwood plantations in Sumatra, are let down by resolution process, reveals new report.

 

This is the fourth chapter of 'Conflict or Consent? The oil palm sector at a crossroads'.Introduction:

This report provides an account of a short investigation carried out by the RSPO's Ad Hoc Working Group on High Conservation Values in Indonesia. It is being circulated to promote comprehension and discussion about the legal and procedural obstacles to securing such values in the oil palm sector in Indonesia with the view to promoting changes and legal reforms in order to secure these values more effectively. This version includes detailed comments on the report by Wilmar International.

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The principle that indigenous peoples and local communities have a right to give or withhold their Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) to developments affecting their resources is not new. However, experience using FPIC in REDD+ implementation is still limited in the Asia-Pacific region. Using relevant examples from a range of locations and sectors, this manual provides a basis for developing country-specific guidance on employing FPIC in REDD+ processes.