questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions her Department's (a) Ministers and (b) officials based overseas have had with the Government of Indonesia on the clearance of indigenous peoples’ rainforests for large-scale food estates in Merauke District in Indonesian New Guinea.
answerText: We are aware of the ongoing issues around the implementation of food estates in Papua, including in Merauke District.The UK's Human Rights Ambassador, Eleanor Sanders, raised the importance of free, prior and informed consent for indigenous people and loc...
heading: Indonesia: Rainforests