Selected dated regional reports. Points locate regions, not incidents or people.
Period: see sourceHRM · linked reporting ↗← South Papua land casesReported displacement Reported conflict Reported military presence Roads & place labels Provinces Cultural/reference regions Registered customary territories Language reference points Mining permits Major extraction sites Forest & plantation permits Protected areas Fire hotspots Forest loss Water permanence Surface-water change Rainfall anomaly Major roads Airports Ports Settlements Population distribution Current developments
Awyu customary forests
Current picture
The IAL cassation was rejected with a dissenting opinion. Other company cases and customary-land claims must be followed separately.
What is the present status of each permission, court proceeding and affected customary territory?
Background
Awyu communities in Boven Digoel have challenged plantation permissions affecting customary forests. Hendrikus Woro’s case concerns PT Indo Asiana Lestari’s environmental approval. Proceedings involving PT Kartika Cipta Pratama and PT Megakarya Jaya Raya are separate and should not be merged into one court outcome.
The Supreme Court rejected the IAL cassation in a decision made on 18 September 2024, with a dissenting judge; the coalition discussed the accessible ruling on 1 November. A judgment on that permission does not determine every customary-land claim or establish what has been cleared. The continuing questions concern consent, legal recognition, forest access and the actual effects of each company’s activities.
Latest developments
Timeline.
2017
IAL receives preliminary location permit
Greenpeace’s account dates PT Indo Asiana Lestari’s preliminary location permit to 2017. The proposed plantation covered Woro clan land near Yare, Fofi, in Boven Digoel. The later lawsuit challenged environmental approval and the lack of information and consultation described by customary owners.
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Greenpeace Southeast Asia
2023
Hendrikus Woro files environmental lawsuit
Awyu land defender Hendrikus (Franky) Woro filed a lawsuit against PT Indo Asiana Lestari’s environmental approval. Greenpeace’s account describes customary forest as the source of food, work and inherited social responsibilities, and records objections to a decision communities said they had not agreed to.
Franky Woro and Rikarda Wome Maa after the Jayapura hearing, 7 September 2023. Sources 1
Greenpeace Southeast AsiaJayapura court rejects lawsuit
The Jayapura administrative court rejected Woro’s environmental lawsuit. Greenpeace described the ruling as a setback and recorded his intention to continue the legal challenge. This first-instance decision precedes the 2024 cassation outcome; the IAL case should be distinguished from other Awyu-related company cases.
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Greenpeace Southeast Asia
2024
Cassation rejected in IAL case
WALHI and the coalition report that decision 458 K/TUN/LH/2024 rejected Hendrikus Woro’s cassation concerning PT Indo Asiana Lestari’s environmental approval. One judge dissented.
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Reports in this period
Regional reference points. Partial coverage; not live positions.
BIG · Bappenas · ESDM · NASA FIRMS · Source: layer metadata
Map sources & notes
Selected dated regional reports. Points locate regions, not incidents or people.
Period: see sourceHRM · linked reporting ↗Selected dated regional reports. Points locate regions, not incidents or people.
Period: see sourceHRM · linked reporting ↗OpenStreetMap roads and labels at local zoom levels. Coverage varies; absence is not proof that a road or community does not exist.
Period: see source© OpenStreetMap contributors · EOX rendering ↗The six current Indonesian provinces in Western New Guinea.
Period: see sourceBadan Informasi Geospasial ↗Generalized to whole regencies; internal customary boundaries can differ.
Period: see sourceBappenas membership · BIG administrative geometry ↗Unavailable until geometry reuse is explicitly defensible; no scraping or sensitive-site import.
Period: see sourceBRWA ↗Representative language locations only. A dated Wurm–Hattori 1981/83 polygon atlas can be added separately as a historical reference layer.
Period: see sourceGlottolog 5.3 · BIG province geometry ↗IUP/WIUP mining-permit polygons clipped to the six Papua provinces.
Period: see sourceKementerian ESDM · Ditjen Minerba ↗Site points identify operations; they are not permit boundaries.
Period: see sourceSourced operating-site metadata ↗Plantation coverage is partial where public services expose only local layers.
Period: see sourceKLHK · BIG Satu Peta ↗Published conservation zoning available through BIG Satu Peta.
Period: see sourceBIG Satu Peta · environmental data producers ↗NASA FIRMS thermal detections over the last 2 days. Near real time; not confirmed wildfires.
Period: see sourceNASA FIRMS · VIIRS NOAA-21 ↗Derived web raster; source year/version is recorded in atlas status.
Period: see sourceHansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA ↗Share of valid Landsat observations with water, 1984–2024. Pale pink to deep blue: occasional to persistent water. Not current flooding.
Period: see sourceSource: EC JRC/Google ↗EC JRC Global Surface Water transitions, 1984–2024.
Period: see sourceEC JRC/Google ↗Monthly anomaly in millimetres; latest available preliminary/final product.
Period: see sourceCHIRPS v3 · Climate Hazards Center / FAO distribution ↗Public BIG transport/RBI road geometry, simplified for the Watch atlas.
Period: see sourceBadan Informasi Geospasial ↗Public BIG aviation atlas locations.
Period: see sourceBadan Informasi Geospasial ↗Public BIG/RBI port locations.
Period: see sourceBadan Informasi Geospasial ↗Sparse named settlement/capital layer from public BIG/RBI data.
Period: see sourceBadan Informasi Geospasial ↗Modeled distribution, not a census enumeration at 100 m.
Period: see sourceWorldPop 2026 ↗Published Watch Developments placed using canonical Places.
Period: see sourceWest Papua Watch · linked reporting ↗Library.
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Awyu Forest Campaign resources
greenpeace.org
Maps, visuals and advocacy documents; label publisher role.
Articles & analysis · 2025 · EN
Indonesian court blocks palm oil expansion, but leaves Indigenous land rights in limbo
Reporting on separate Tanah Merah permit disputes and Awyu demands for recognition of customary rights.
Documents & statements · 2024 · EN
Awyu community response to the Indo Asiana Lestari appeal decision
A statement conveying the community and coalition position on the IAL case. Distinct from the MJR and KCP permit cases.