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... resettlement programme had affected over 300,000 people, about half of the total pre-invasion population of East Timor. Initially, ... The 'resource poverty' argument also conveniently forgets about the Timor Gap - the stretch of ocean between Timor and Australia beneath ...

Story - Anonymous - 12/20/2011 - 14:55 - 0 attachments

... entitled  Oil palm: fortune or misfortune?  about the impact of oil palm plantations on a village in Sambas district, also ...

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

... from Jakarta to regional level. Regional autonomy is also about the development of local democracy; it involves major changes in the way ... economy is handled; and it raises fundamental questions about the future direction and shape of Indonesia as a democratic state. ...

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

... connection with their ancestors. There is concern about the long term and what will be left for their children if the mine goes ...

Story - Frances Marr - 12/20/2011 - 15:26 - 0 attachments

... writing, the negotiations are still at the stage of "talks about talks." CDC still does not admit that the companies' land appropriation methods (in the AI case) were unfair and remains doubtful about the genuineness of community claims. Given this unhelpful stance, serious ...

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

... given only Rp30 per square metre of farmland (then worth about 1.5 cents). Those who objected were intimidated by the military. ...

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

... The company issued only minimal information about the collapse, which it described as a "slippage of material" in a section ... Freeport McMoRan itself has been more forthcoming about the impact of the landslide on this year's gold and copper production ...

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

... Civil society organisations involved in discussions about reconstruction have raised a number of concerns over the immediate and ... to consider and participate meaningfully in decisions about their futures, when the government is already pressing ahead with ...

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

... to require an investment of around Rp6.45 trillion (about US$645 million), 98 percent of which would be funded by private ...

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

... invest in Indonesia during the last decade due to concerns about political and economic instability. Now there are signs that the climate ...

Story - carolyn - 12/05/2011 - 14:55 - 0 attachments