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The rush to extract profit

UK involvement in the mining oil and gas sector in Indonesia

Presentation by DTE, May 2014

DTE's Andrew Hickman gave the following presentation at a public meeting, Mining, Law and Equity: Challenges and Opportunities, held by the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University, in May 2014.

Talking Tangguh

DTE's Andrew Hickman was interviewed by New Zealand radio programme, "Earthwise" of Plains FM 96.9 Radio, about BP and local communities in Bintuni Bay, West Papua - site of the massive Tangguh LNG gas project.

Open the MPR attachment, below, to listen to the programme, broadcast on February 10th, 2014.

A Call to ARMS: the dumb and the dumber at Bumi

DTE's Andrew Hickman reflects on the final settlement of the dispute at Bumi plc, now renamed Asia Resource Minerals

DTE update, April 4, 2014

DTE Newsletter 98 full edition for download

DTE 98, March 2014

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Investment:

Business, human rights and climate in the UK-Indonesia relationship

Indigenous peoples / forests:

Business, human rights and climate in the UK-Indonesia relationship

How the UK government’s push for trade and investment risks making things worse for  hard-pressed communities

DTE 98, March 2014

Forestry Ministry reluctant to relinquish control over forests

Last year’s ruling on customary forests by Indonesia’s Constitutional Court was celebrated by indigenous peoples across Indonesia. Ten months on, what progress has been made on implementing the decision? 

DTE 98, March 2014

Election Politics 2014 and Natural Resources Management

How green are the elections? Do Indonesia’s voters care about ecological justice? We take a very brief look...

DTE 98, March 2014

The environment is a marginal issue not worthy of any attention. This is the perception evident from the election campaigns of parliamentary candidates, almost all of which are failing to focus on the environment.