Kararata Mini Estates
The village of Kararata lies in the grasslands along the coast of Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. The land, like all but three percent of Papua New Guinea, is communally owned, a value enshrined in the constitution. Read more»
Landak Land Grab
The Indigenous Dayak villagers of Landak, Indonesia, on the island of Borneo, are the most recent victims of expansion plans of Wilmar, the largest palm oil company in the world. Sudarmo, a rubber tapper in Landak, faced a horrible surprise when he went to work on his rubber plantation one morning in July 2007. Read more»
Tanjung Puting National Park
Tanjung Puting National Park on the island of Borneo is made up of vast tracts of wetlands, forest and ancient peat swamps. Its 1,600 square miles are home to endangered species including proboscis monkeys, gibbons, clouded leopards, more than 220 species of birds, and orangutans. Read more»
Contamination of the Xingu Indigenous Reserve
The headwaters of the Xingu River begin in the state of Mato Grosso in central Brazil where the Cerrado, a biologically diverse wooded savannah, meets the Amazon rainforest. This transition zone is a sacred place for thousands of Indigenous people who inhabit the 10,000 square-mile Xingu Indigenous Reserve. Read more»
Cargill in Santarém
Santarém, in the Brazilian state of Pará, is the heart of the Amazon—situated halfway between Manaus to the west and Belem to the east. The small city is also at the confluence of two powerful and important rivers—the blue Rio Tapajos and the muddy Rio Amazonas. Read more»
