Researchers have identified a species of #frog Limnonectes phyllofolia who is completely new to #science. The tiny #Indonesian #amphibian is in the possession of tiny fangs used for defending territory #Boycottpalmoil

http://palmoildetectives.com/2024/07/28/the-worlds-smallest-fanged-frog-found-in-indonesia/

The world’s smallest ‘fanged’ frog found in Indonesia

Researchers have identified a species of frog Limnonectes phyllofolia completely new to science. The tiny Indonesian amphibian is in the possession of little fangs. Researchers think that their fan…

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#WestPapua: #NeoColonialism is going on and on, it seems. Now the Permanent People’s Tribunal on West Papua, held in London on 27-29 June, once more brought the #oppression of the West Papua people, the #destruction of #biosphere|s on the table, calling on the UN to help end the crimes, committed by international #corporations with support from the #Indonesian state (or is it the other way round?):
https://braveneweurope.com/ben-wray-western-corporations-and-states-are-complicit-in-west-papuas-human-and-environmental-catastrophe

#BP #Unilever #PalmOil #LandGrabbing #extractivism

@RadicalAnthro

Ben Wray - Western corporations and states are complicit in West Papua's "human and environmental catastrophe" - Brave New Europe

A report from the Permanent People’s Tribunal on West Papua, held in London on 27-29 June, which heard direct from West Papuans about the disastrous effects of Indonesian rule on their lives and land. Ben [...]

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#Paraquat #pesticide is deadly and causes respiratory illnesses, #Parkinsons #disease. It's banned in the #EU yet used in #Indonesian #palmoil. Palm oil workers are paying with their lives #Boycottpalmoil #humanrights @geographicalmag @palmoildetect

http://palmoildetectives.com/2024/07/17/paraquat-banned-in-eu-destroying-lives-of-palm-oil-workers-in-indonesia/

Paraquat: Banned in EU, Destroying Lives of Palm Oil Workers in Indonesia

The dangerous pesticide Paraquat is banned in the EU however continues to destroy the lives of palm oil plantation workers in Indonesia. Read this story below originally published in Geographic Mag…

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Julie Wark on #WestPapua
Currently a critical situation in Paniai Region where the #Indonesian military have displaced large numbers of refugees.

"Indigenous peoples have been displaced from more than a million hectares of cleared rainforest to make way for transmigrants. Forest dwellers have been expelled to malaria-infested lower altitudes. Their rights are annulled by law."

#Indigenous #Indigenousrights
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/07/05/paniai-west-papua-politics-of-displacement/

Paniai, West Papua: Politics of Displacement - CounterPunch.org

As in Palestine, much of the displacement in West Papua is caused by settlers, but this time funded by the World Bank.

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