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Indonesia packages tree plantation expansion as emissions reduction strategy

... the Indonesian forestry law. The group also raised concern about the Forestry Department's mandate, considering its notoriously bad record ... empowering indigenous peoples and exchanging information about them. 26 The agreement was signed in front of 35 indigenous ...

Story - carolyn - 12/17/2010 - 17:10 - 0 attachments

The struggle for land

... (see DTE 39). There has been a number of reports about vehicles transporting food or other commodities being hijacked by groups ... markets is being developed the most intensively, with about 2.4 million hectares of forest land already converted into mature and ...

Story - Anonymous - 12/20/2011 - 15:10 - 0 attachments

Mining briefs

... bringing total output capacity of nickel in matte to about 120 million pounds per year and boosting output by 50%. The mine and ...

Story - Anonymous - 12/20/2011 - 15:22 - 0 attachments

Contracts and communities

... large-scale mining in Indonesia as communities speak out about its effects on their lives and the environment. ... large-scale mining in Indonesia as communities speak out about its effects on their lives and the environment, but foreign companies are ...

Story - Anonymous - 12/20/2011 - 15:20 - 0 attachments

Is the Forestry Ministry serious about the new legality standard?

It is well over a year since the draft Indonesian Timber Legality Verification Standard was handed over to Indonesia's Forestry Department for approval. Since then, progress towards implementation has been ...

Story - Frances Marr - 12/20/2011 - 15:10 - 0 attachments

Forest destruction fuelled by debt, poverty and greed

... to convince the IMF-led creditors that it is serious about implementing economic reforms. The Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI), ...

Story - Frances Marr - 12/20/2011 - 15:20 - 0 attachments

MPR passes decree on agrarian reform and natural resources

... The MPR decree is a part of the NGOs' strategy to bring about fundamental changes in the way natural resources are managed in ...

Story - Frances Marr - 12/20/2011 - 15:18 - 0 attachments

MPR's Natural Resources Decree under threat

... and the poor. It is regarded as a step towards bringing about fundamental changes in the management of natural resources in the ...

Story - Frances Marr - 12/20/2011 - 15:17 - 0 attachments

When the elections are over...

... repressive measures of the Suharto era and are concerned about the prospect of further intimidation against those critical of the ...

Story - Frances Marr - 12/20/2011 - 15:15 - 0 attachments

Farmers arrested in Perhutani land dispute, East Java

... new land for cultivation. The farmers were annoyed about this and set up their own organisation (Team VI) to clear land for ... group. The Indonesian NGO ELSAM is very concerned about the situation of the Krenceng farmers and believes that this case ...

Story - Frances Marr - 12/20/2011 - 15:12 - 0 attachments