Topic: Food Security

Investigating the impact of deforestation and industrial-scale plantations on the food security of indigenous peoples and other rural communities.

In The Spotlight

Fear and Raiders in Papua

How thousands of Indonesian soldiers are forcing through a vast agricultural project in indigenous lands and forests

Rainforests fall for Indonesia’s food estate programme

Politically-connected firm seeks to profit from stripped back regulations

Main Stories

‘On the road, I feel the ancestors watching’

A photo essay from southern Papua

‘In the plantations there is hunger and loneliness’

The cultural dimensions of food insecurity in Papua.

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Soldiers, Cronies and Deforestation

The story behind Indonesia's food estate programme