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The demand for independence

... attacks by the security forces and were forbidden to talk about the results of the meeting. In August five prominent Papuans were banned ... of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Peoples, spoke about the Mamberamo dam and mega-project planned for a 7.7 million hectare area ...

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

Communities confront loggers

... of these men, since they are responsible for destroying about 52 million hectares of forests in Indonesia - an area over twice the size ... over forests and forest peoples, had been questioned about a US $87 million corruption scandal concerning an over-priced forest ...

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Climate Change and the Adat Rituals of the Meratus Dayak community

... count on these seasons anymore has made people uncertain about when is best to plant. They have to plant the rice, but the results are ...

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

Behind the Central Kalimantan violence

... on March 22nd, which agreed that it was too soon to think about returning Madurese to their Kalimantan homes. In late March a Dayak, ... Kotawaringin Timur, of which Sampit is the capital, covers about 5 million hectares, nearly all of which was forest thirty years ago. Now ...

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

Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil scheme to speed up palm oil development

... government and business; There is as yet no clarity about the premium paid on sustainable palm oil, even though the certification ...

Story - carolyn - 04/15/2011 - 09:34 - 0 attachments

Women suffer worst impacts of mining - cases from Indonesia

... as they have low levels of literacy and knowledge about the AIDS virus and there are increasingly high levels of alcohol-related ...

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

In Brief... DTE 61 - May 2004

... investors, many of whom have been put off by concerns about security. Up to now the military (TNI) and police - including the ... around 20,000 tons of photocopy paper to Japan per month - about 25% of its total sales. WWF signed an agreement with APP in August ...

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

Indigenous peoples oppose oil palm in West Kalimantan

... land"*; they may receive misleading information about how oil palm will bring them prosperity; the company is likely to make a ... introducing the scheme, PTPN XIII, to find out more about it, concludes that  KSK  is a ploy to expand large-scale oil ...

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

FLEGT: merely political rhetoric?

... last year's lobby tour, the aims were to give information about developments in the Indonesia's forestry sector to each country visited, ... which affect all its members, the level of understanding about Indonesian forest issues and the international timber trade differs ...

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

Coal giant questioned over deaths, abuse, corruption at first AGM

... Annual General Meeting in London amid growing concerns about corruption associated with mining companies listed on the London Stock ... Corporation (ENRC), shareholders will ask questions about about similar allegations of corruption, bribery and tax evasion against ...

Story - carolyn - 06/14/2012 - 07:28 - 0 attachments