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The RSPO - towards "sustainable palm oil"?

... space for Indonesian civil society groups concerned about the impacts of palm oil. So I was 'co-opted' onto the CWG as Sawit ... I think we can hope for: better transparency about the whole palm oil sector and quite good 'best practice' standards which ... It has also helped sharpen up industry and NGO thinking about all the issues. What have been the main blockages, or where has ...

Story - Frances Marr - 12/20/2011 - 15:13 - 0 attachments

Letters to DTE

... your newsletter, and in particular to read your new news about Freeport's payments to the TNI in West Papua [ DTE 68 ]. You may be ...

Story - Frances Marr - 12/20/2011 - 15:09 - 0 attachments

Bumi falls at first hurdle

... with contractors. Chairman Samin Tan, when asked about corporate social responsibility, claimed that people in Indonesia are ... A question was asked on behalf of Indonesian activists about the polluting of a marine conservation area by Berau Coal, one of Bumi's ...

Story - carolyn - 06/20/2012 - 09:13 - 0 attachments

Europe's agrofuels vote fails on food sovereignty, rights and climate

... have ignored the concerns of millions of Indonesians about the impacts of the EU’s agrofuel policies on their land and ...

Story - carolyn - 09/19/2013 - 20:29 - 0 attachments

Gender justice on the plantations?

...   DTE: Could you tell us a little about SPKS? Does SPKS represent women smallholders as well as men? If yes, how ...

Story - carolyn - 10/22/2014 - 07:21 - 0 attachments

Corruption, Collusion and Nepotism

... of Indonesia's foremost writers, Pramoedya, writes vividly about the historical roots of this problem in Indonesia's colonial past; its ... Advocacy Network (JATAM), questioned Rio Tinto's board about corruption in relation to the Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC) mine in East ...

Story - carolyn - 12/02/2010 - 15:29 - 0 attachments

The Tangguh gas project: what hope for human rights protection in a worsening political climate?

... Papua, has failed to express any public disappointment about Indonesia's failure to implement it. Instead it has focused on its own ... The Indonesian NGO Forest Watch Indonesia reckons that about 60,000 cubic meters of timber was smuggled out of Papua during ...

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

Freeport investor quits

... which requires them to publish certain information about their activities were subject to the 'perverse' result that they are more likely to be criticised about their operations. While there may be some truth in this, it is vital ...

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

Smallholders and the RSPO

... are involved in palm oil production; to find out about the conditions of smallholders and their views on sustainable palm oil; ...

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

Regional autonomy, political will and the economy

... circle favours." # There have already been complaints about the varying allocations of revenues from different resources. The large ... or depleted stocks.   What about resource-poor regions? There has been very little public ...

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