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Regional autonomy and the IFIs

... powers at regional level they also express doubts about the capacity of Indonesia to implement regional autonomy in a way that ... to the Far Eastern Economic Review , "raised questions about inconsistencies and the government's future ability to make debt ...

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

Indigenous-owned forests felled for oil palm in Keerom

... Christian Church in Papua (GKI di Tanah Papua), about a plantation development in Keerom, around 60 km from Papua's provincial capital of Jayapura, raise serious concerns about the impacts of such projects on indigenous Papuans and their natural ...

Story - Frances Marr - 12/20/2011 - 15:02 - 0 attachments

Indonesia and Down to Earth - a 50th edition editorial

... have a decisive voice in the formulation of policies about resource use in their areas." The projects are different today, ... land and community resource rights. More recently, concern about the growing influence of the international financial institutions on ...

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

Bali PrepCom ends without agreement, NGOs walk out

... trade. NGOs attending the meeting expressed concern about the disproportionate influence of powerful private corporations - who, ...

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

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