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Indigenous rights in West Kalimantan

... communities as compensation, but they're never frank about the impact of oil palm plantations. These are not just destroying our ... is no prior informed consent. And there's no information about the impact of oil palm plantations. The company people just say good ...

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

Bestari Raden sentenced

... the UK government to use all available channels to bring about Bestari Raden's release and to halt the Ladia Galaska Road project. The ... we found some military giving orders to a group of workers about cutting trees. I was afraid and told my friend to come away, but he ...

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

Millennium Development Goals: shared hopes or hallucination?

... The private sector, however, is optimistic about its role in promoting sustainable development principles through ... for their failure to make progress, let alone bring about a substantial change of direction. It is urgent to make the process for ...

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

REDD in Indonesia – an update

... at national and regional level were seriously concerned about the lack of safeguards for local communities whose forests were being, or ... REDD in Indonesia are now up and running. But CSO concerns about REDD and the decision-making processes associated with REDD projects and ...

Story - carolyn - 11/16/2011 - 09:55 - 0 attachments

Indonesia’s ‘One Map Policy'

... map be created. [1] Can you tell us anything more about where the idea of the policy came from and what is the rationale behind ... directions and that there is different decision-making about land and forest cover in Indonesia. This begs the question: which map is ...

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

Call for reform: video of NGOs giving evidence to UK Parliamentary Select Committee Inquiry on Extractive Industries Sector

... video source on parliament website. More information about the Inquiry here. Go to LMN written evidence submitted to the ...

Story - carolyn - 03/04/2014 - 20:00 - 0 attachments

Food, coal and Makroman Village

... sources of water near the paddy fields. Small wells of about half a metre, filled with clear water, are dug by farmers near their ...   Neglected agenda But these crises brought about by coal mining and the accompanying corruption in Kalimantan - which ...

Story - carolyn - 12/02/2010 - 16:07 - 0 attachments

North Sulawesi confronts Jakarta over MSM gold mine plans

... sediment guidelines. However, the debate is not simply about the waste from the gold mine; the ecological impacts of open pit mining ... local fishing industry. They expressed their concerns about the potential environmental pollution from mine tailings, drawing ...

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

Indonesia's Forestry Congress IV: hope and reality

... Peoples of the Archipelago) presented papers and talked about recognition and restoration of indigenous peoples' rights, the need for a ...

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

A report from the RSPO

... and social justice NGOs who are involved in or concerned about the production of palm oil. Its secretariat is based in Kuala Lumpur, ... Principles and Criteria. So the focus of RT4 was more about sharing preliminary evidence from different stakeholders about how the ...

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