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    Papuans Head to Indonesian Court to Protect Forests from Palm Oil

    {Protect Forests from Palm Oil – Earth and Leaf editorial} {extract below} Locals try to Protect Forests from Palm Oil Indigenous activists from the Indonesian province of West Papua have held traditional ceremonies outside the country’s Supreme Court in Jakarta calling for their traditional land and forests to be protected from palm oil plantations. Representatives of the Awyu and Moi communities held prayers and performed dances in front of the Supreme Court building on Monday as the court was reviewing an appeal in relation to their efforts to revoke permits for four palm oil companies whose proposed plantations threaten their customary forests. Indonesia began legally recognising customary forests in 2016.…