1 Indigenous Peoples and Introduction Oil Palm Plantation Expansion in West Kalimantan, Indonesia Martua T. Sirait May 2009 I Author: Martua T. Sirait with contributions from Sujono, Herbet Pane, Emerikus Icin (SPKS), Elias Ngiuk (ID) and Norman Jiwan (Sawit Watch) May 2009 This report has been commissioned by the Amsterdam University Law Faculty and financed by Cordaid, The Hague. Academic supervision by Prof André J Hoekema (
[email protected]) Indonesia Country Report prepared for the study: Environmental degradation, natural resources and violent conflict in indigenous habitat in Kalimantan-Indonesia, Bayaka-Central African Republic and San Marcos-Guatemala Acknowledgements The author would like to thank the following individuals and institutions for their help and collaboration in carrying out the study. Firstly to Prof. André J. Hoekema from the UvA and Eelco de Groot from Cordaid for their supervision of the study, to my colleague Joris van de Sandt and Patrice Etoungou, who do the similar research on environmental degradation, natural resources and violent conflict in indigenous habitat in San Marcos-Guatemala and Bayaka-Central African Republic. Thank you also to my collaborators Sujono, Herbet Pane, Emerikus Icin (SPKS), Elias Ngiuk (ID) and Norman Jiwan (Sawit Watch) that helped me in doing the data collection as well as those who contribute their thought and their writing in this report. Especially to John Bamba the director of Institute Dayakology and Rudy Lumuru as well as Abetnego Tarigan from Sawit Watch which also gave comments on the earlier draft. Thanks for those who gave input during the collaborators workshop in Pontianak 2008; Nico Andasputra (ID), Abdias Yas (LBBT), Laili Khainur (Gemawan), Sekundus (GRPK), Alexander Cion (SPKS Sanggau), Ibu Rini (SPKS Sanggau), Yohanes RJ (CU Keling Kumang), Aloysius Surjani (AMA-Kalbar), Julia (ID) etc.