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Saturday, September 5, 2015

Time Bomb Watershed Land Conflicts in West Kalimantan

For two weeks, late February and early March 2014, citizen journalists Ruaitv, Edi Petebang, visited dozens of villages along the river in the district Barley Barley Kiri Hulu and villages in the district Barley River flow Manis Mata.
His journey started from Hamlet Benatu, Limpang Desa Jaya, District Barley Hulu and ends in the village of Pakit Suak Bird, District Manis Mata, the last village directly adjacent to the Central Kalimantan. In any discussion with residents in villages along the river, the main problem they face is not the realization of the company's partners plantation of oil palm plantations there. Though residents have handed over the land to the company. This condition if left unchecked it will become a time bomb of conflict over land between the company and the people there.
As is known, oil palm plantation companies are there to implement a partnership with the community. Society handed over 10 hectares of land will receive 2 hectares of gardens. The problem according to Bidau, head of customs Cliffs Village Berseri or Tembiruhan, the company has been harvesting the garden, but the garden allotment farmers have not been built.

YP. Miah, Penyarang village community leaders claimed wonder why companies have not built the gardens for farmers; while the remaining area is up worked. In fact, quite a lot of people who feel not give the land but uncultivated companies.
Land conflicts which have long, occurred in four villages in the district Manis Mata. Namely Desa Suak Bird, Sedau Stone Village, the Village and the Village Seguling Manis Mata. The fourth community in this village in 2004 has been handed over the land to the company until 2014 but has not menjapat partner garden allotments.
According to Ruslan, Head of Dusun Kuala Asam, District Manis Mata, there are 1,343 heads of families who give the land to the oil companies. But who gets a small garden only 289 households. Society does not receive and has a variety of ways to fight for their rights but have not succeeded.
Hopefully cases of conflict between oil palm plantation with these citizens can find a way out in order not to cause a prolonged conflict at the expense of society.
* This article shown Ruaitv, Pontianak

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