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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

Europe increasingly reliant on palm oil for fuel: new data

... demand. The increase comes despite repeated warnings about the unsustainability of using more palm oil. Biodiesel made from oil ... today compared to 6 years ago, despite continual warnings about the unsustainability of palm oil expansion and eye-catching NGO ...

Story - carolyn - 09/11/2013 - 09:27 - 1 attachment

The impact of mining

... families. The government never asked women’s opinion about this mine and their right to receive or manage the compensation money was ...   There are many more women who voice concerns about mining’s destructive impacts while all the men are discussing ...

Story - carolyn - 10/22/2014 - 07:22 - 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

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