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DTE newsletter 74 - August 2007 - full edition for download

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WALHI calls for logging moratorium

Down to Earth No. 74, August 2007

Indonesia's most prominent environment group, WALHI (Friends of the Earth Indonesia) has repeated its call for a logging moratorium across the country.

Indonesia and biofuel fever

Down to Earth No. 74, August 2007

The Jambi-based NGO, SETARA, which focuses on issues related to livelihoods, energy, natural resources and foreign investment, distributed a position paper on Indonesia's palm oil supplies in May. It was headed with a quote from Cuba's former leader, Fidel Castro, that the use of food crops to produce fuels would cause rising prices and hunger for millions of people in developing countries.

Indigenous Women's workshop at AMAN Congress

Down to Earth No. 74, August 2007

The position and role of indigenous women facing development aggression.

By Devi Anggraini¹

Why does the government issue licences for investors to take away our livelihoods? We can't exist without our livelihoods.

Government, business and communities

Down to Earth No. 74, August 2007

DTE interviewed Dr Afrizal, a sociology lecturer at Andalas University, Padang, West Sumatra. His thesis, entitled 'The Nagari Community, Business and the State', is a detailed examination of the relationship between these three elements through the example of oil palm plantations.

CSR à la Jakarta

Down to Earth No. 74, August 2007

The final draft of a revised 'corporates' bill was given the nod by Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR) on 20 July, 2007. This marked the passing of the bill, which replaces the old Limited Liability Company Law, (No.1,1995). The new Limited Liability Company Law, alongside the revised Investment Law (see DTE 73), is designed to update company legislation and is part of a bundle of regulations and statutes being enacted to make the country more attractive to new investment.

Climate change, 'Avoided Deforestation' and Indonesia

Down to Earth No. 74, August 2007

Mounting global concern over climate change and the link to deforestation has refocused international attention on the need to protect the world's forests. Rampant forest and peatland destruction in Indonesia means that the country is one of the world's top three emitters of carbon dioxide, a major contributor to global warming.