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East Timor: the opportunity for a sustainable future
East Timor's forests and agricultural lands have suffered extensive damage during the Indonesian occupation.
August 14, 1999

Political parties lack environmental and resource rights commitment
Almost all of the 48 parties which contested Indonesia's June elections have failed to show the commitment to community rights and the environment that is needed for the sound management of the country's natural resources.
August 14, 1999

Forestry Act fiercely opposed
A new Forestry Act was before the Indonesian Parliament as DTE went to press....
August 14, 1999

Sumatra pulp plant protestors fight on
Construction of the US$1 billion PT Tanjung Enim Lestari (PT TEL) paper pulp plant in Muara Enim, South Sumatra, is nearly complete....
August 14, 1999

Central Kalimantan mega-project re-invented?
The Central Kalimantan Mega-project, or 'PLG', as it is known in Indonesia, has been an unmitigated disaster.....
August 14, 1999

Logging and palm oil threat to Siberut
The resumption of plans for logging and oil palm plantations on the biologically and culturally unique island of Siberut show how current 'reform era' measures still allow powerful elites to profit at the expense of indigenous communities.
August 14, 1999

Yamdena islanders continue battle against loggers
The indigenous people of Yamdena Island in the Tanimbars, Maluku, have resumed protests against the destruction of their forests after the government withdrew from an agreement to halt commercial logging on the island.
August 14, 1999

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