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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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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