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Sulawesi communities reject Rio Tinto's CPM mine

... usually little or no consultation with local communities about the plans, let alone consent from them. The process of land acquisition ... It is concerned that the company has not consulted it about the test bores it had done or the proposed changes to the park boundary. ...

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

International concerns over illegal logging dominate Indonesian forest policy

... Meanwhile, the need to bring about fundamental reform is not addressed. Down to ... No. 58, August 2003 Meanwhile, the need to bring about fundamental reform is not addressed. The international ...

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

New pollution study corners Newmont

...  24/Sep/04). For more information about the campaign for justice for the Buyat Bay community see  ... says it has received many complaints from local people about the pollution. WALHI reports that local fishermen had found more than ... and JATAM accuse the government of being concerned only about protecting foreign investors' interests and ignoring people's health by ...

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

Forests Update 2005

... These support his policy announcement made in July about speeding up the establishment of fastwood plantations to supply the ...

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

Mpur peoples and development

... Development from Down to Earth on Vimeo . About Mnukwar: bringing about change through film-making Armed with medium-size video cameras and ...

Story - carolyn - 03/20/2014 - 15:56 - 0 attachments

When Indigenous Peoples fight for their land rights

... of problems is the lack of understanding on all sides about land legislation. Conflict in Aceh Singkil, the land of Hamzah ... issued to PT Ubertraco, at first many people did not know about it because there were no boundary posts. Due to the lack of marked ...

Story - carolyn - 12/21/2012 - 18:20 - 0 attachments

Tighten up human rights & environment rules for mining companies, British MPs told

... the NGO representatives for one and a half hours about the written evidence they had submitted in advance. LMN’s submission ... working on the extractives industry, what their views were about engaging with extractive companies, how far it was damaging or otherwise ...

Story - carolyn - 03/06/2014 - 11:47 - 3 attachments

UK - Indonesia coal connections

... as oil palm and timber, there is little public awareness about the existing and potential future damaging social and environmental ... the world." 9 This report gives no information about the impacts of the mining, coal transport or shipping. Yet Samarinda is ...

Story - carolyn - 12/02/2010 - 16:02 - 0 attachments

New: DTE activities update

... of brief updates on our activities to let people know more about our campaigns, capacity-building and information work. ... of brief updates on our activities to let people know more about our campaigns, capacity-building and information work. Feedback is ...

Story - carolyn - 12/30/2010 - 11:36 - 0 attachments

SBY on Indonesia's Indigenous Peoples

... (Komnas HAM), had personally received many complaints about the violation of indigenous peoples traditional rights, mostly ... in poverty, points to the huge gap between SBY's words about compromise and what is happening on the ground. (Source:  ...

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