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... )   Harapan REDD film A film about the controversial Harapan REDD project in Sumatra documents how local ... See www.redd-monitor.org/2009/08/28/nobody-cares-about-the-poor-people-new-film-about-the-harapan-rainforest-project/ . ...

Story - carolyn - 12/11/2010 - 14:14 - 0 attachments

... systems. It states that no information was available about the damage to wildlife habitat caused by the project and recommends that ... Down to Earth has written to Zeneca to enquire about its involvement in the mega-project. The company replied that it has no ...

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... for the Environment (WALHI), the 1997 fires destroyed about 10 million hectares of forest, concessions and plantations, causing a ... take hold they can be extremely difficult to extinguish. About 3,000 civilian volunteers were called in to help put out forest fires. ...

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

... is planned for January 2001. But many questions remain about how far the Jakarta government will permit decentralisation to go and how ...

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... previously in DTE newsletters, there are many questions about human rights and social and environmental impacts to be asked.   ... of TIAP, strenuously defended BP's record when challenged about these problems, maintaining that in no way did this reflect the situation ...

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

... of which 200,000 ha were in production last year. About 320,000 tonnes of crude palm oil was produced by 13 processing plants ... with local peoples and participation in decision-making about development projects. These emerging local elites are insisting strongly ...

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

... ofsub-national implementation systems. It raised concerns about lack of clarity regarding resource distribution and ownership, and how ... sector and international organisations spoke positively about the potential and recent progress made towards establishing more ...

Story - carolyn - 04/15/2011 - 09:30 - 0 attachments

... regional governments, including Papua, the minister talked about allotting more of the transmigration site land to local people. "If need, ... NGO, ARuPA, has produced three documentary films about community forest management, conflict and dispute resolution with state ...

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

... in response to the public outcry and media reports about the losses the country could suffer as a result. He urged forestry ... recommence work at the site. The company has already spent about US$45 million and has been lobbying the government to let mining go ...

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

... space for Indonesian civil society groups concerned about the impacts of palm oil. So I was 'co-opted' onto the CWG as Sawit ... I think we can hope for: better transparency about the whole palm oil sector and quite good 'best practice' standards which ... It has also helped sharpen up industry and NGO thinking about all the issues. What have been the main blockages, or where has ...

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