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... on the estates. Sawit Watch estimates that there are about 4 million smallholders and their families on these estates in Indonesia. ... in the European Union. The group is particularly concerned about the potential of the biofuel market to drive the destruction of ...

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

... was led by women delegates of North Sumatra protesting about the notorious Indorayon pulp plant in their homeland. The whole ... followed by a long address from each official in turn about current developments and future plans. The first two speakers vied with ...

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... by over 30 percent by early 2006. Poor families spend about a quarter of their income on rice, so poverty rose. Meanwhile, a ...

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... from Sonny Keraf and from NGOs who expressed doubts about the validity of the audit and criticised Freeport for publishing only the ...

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... Mining was pressing the authorities to do something about the environmentally damaging mining polluting the River Tayan. A written ...

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

... Ginting, WALHI (Translation: "An interesting thing about the DTE newsletter is its ability to be up to date and its choice of issues...It is not only a broad reference for information about the problems of environmental justice in Indonesia, but also an ...

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

... Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand have all complained about the fires, but the Indonesian government's feeble response is to appeal ... NGOs have accused the environment minister of lying about the impact of forest fires in Indonesia. Indonesia's country report, ...

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

... Adat Pulau Java, or PAMA PUJA. When we talk about Indigenous Peoples, many people immediately think of people who live in ... the UK, hosted by Down to Earth. For more information about PAMA PUJA contact:  idham_bandung@yahoo.com , or  ...

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

... Around week 2 post-quake, there were serious concerns about the plight of hundreds of thousands people made homeless by the ... Aceh is to remain in a state of civil emergency. Decisions about the rehabilitation and restoration of Aceh are, at least in part, due to ...

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

... the public money that the ADB is contributing - will bring about meaningful poverty reduction? (Source:  Papua Public ... to say on behalf of my people that if you really cared about us Papuans as much as you say, you would not take this very great risk ...

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