The community of Jangkang in central Kalimantan, on the Indonesia part of Borneo, is divided by the fast-flowing Kapuas River and now by a debate over the benefits, or damage, that palm oil can bring.
The village is poor but campaigners argue that palm oil could bring prosperity if the local community is consulted and land rights are respected.
The business generated by palm oil has already brought a higher standard of living to Jangkang hotel owner Gunarjo and his family.
Gunarjo has hired workers to build a new home for his family. They will live on the top floor and the ground floor will be a shop.
Palm oil plantation companies are supposed to provide support for community health and education projects.
But village elder Juel Banjang is against palm oil because he thinks the palm oil companies cannot be trusted to deliver on their promises of improving village life and providing work for local people.
More than 30% of Indonesia's population is under the age of 15. A sustainable palm oil industry has the potential to lift many of them out of poverty and into the growing rural middle class.
Palm oil is labour intensive and can create much-needed jobs for young people. However, the key to prosperity is land ownership and campaigners claim the land rights of local people are often ignored by the palm oil companies, which can lead to conflicts.
The promise of palm oil prosperity can make a difference in this poor village, but that will happen only if land conflicts are resolved and local people consulted.
The Dayaks, the indigenous people of Kalimantan, feel their land rights are often ignored by oil palm companies.
Environmentalists say pollution from palm oil plantations damages the river which supplies the village with water.
A lot of rain forest has already been cleared for palm oil, but a stop on further expansion and a drive to increase productivity among the smallholders can benefit the environment and help create a rural middle class that may demand better governance.
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