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Pak Keuchik Jailani

... over Christmas in the office, writing up some information about palm oil plantations which were threatening indigenous communities in ... exploitation of the natural environment would bring about the destruction of ecosystems. This was obvious from the extent of forest ...

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

Struggle against logging goes on in Mentawai

... so it cannot challenge the fictitious documents about the amount of timber extracted. According to environmental group WALHI ... was created in 1999, Korta felt that the way to bring about real change was to enter the world of politics full time. He stood for ...

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

The Indigenous Women’s Meeting - a personal perspective

... for palm oil plantations) and mining projects. They spoke about this with sadness, but with determination to represent their communities ... women must be provided with opportunities to learn more about the potential impacts of climate change on their communities and land. ...

Story - carolyn - 05/30/2012 - 15:57 - 0 attachments

DTE Newsletter 95 - full edition for download

... back Mining: Bumi board ignores concerns about coal impacts in Indonesia Agrofuels: DTE calls on UK to ...

Story - carolyn - 03/19/2013 - 12:49 - 1 attachment

A Call to ARMS: the dumb and the dumber at Bumi

... change is published by the IPCC, von Shindig is talking about boosting output by 10% and negotiating with Indonesia to increase the ... of the ‘tough times’, Von Shindig is now talking about closing down Berau’s largest pit . See video about UK ...

Story - carolyn - 08/06/2014 - 08:14 - 0 attachments

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