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... for dignity. People have not been given information about the aftershocks or other natural post-quake events, but are left to find ... US$120 million), although the local authorities only have about 20-25% of the money needed. The government is trying to promote ...

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... to hold a gathering of indigenous people, not a conference about them or on their behalf. The NGO initiators were determined that their ... were then held so that indigenous communities could learn about the forthcoming event, discuss their priorities and demands and select ...

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... Australia sparked an angry response from NGOs concerned about the safety, transparency and scope for corruption in the proposed nuclear ... decision-making process and was only concerned about promoting its uranium business. The NGOs called on Indonesia to take ...

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... on intersectoral linkages. This last issue is about the need to take into account the impact of other sectors - like mining ... including Bali's head of planning, have expressed concern about the environmental impact and doubt that the proposed 120 ha development ...

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... in the UK and Australia. Here, concerns were expressed about the potential damage that such a large-scale mining project would do to ...

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... At the same time, mining companies are complaining about the "legal vacuum" hampering their operations in Indonesia. ... foreign investment. The Bank is also said to be concerned about the delegation of authority over mining from central to regional ... The mining industry's plight - the uncertainty about security and the threat to profitability - is only a pale shadow of what ...

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... licences, but to little effect. (For more information about small-scale logging concessions see DTE special report  Forests ...

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... level. It got off to a lively start with a role play about the relationships between indigenous communities, companies, foreign ... Yogya-based policy analysis group INSIST, then explained about the interplay between global and national politics and economics and ...

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... civil society organisations who know just as much about the condition of refugees;    The short-term ...

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... The following account is his response to questions about the problems facing his community, what needs to be done and what he has ... local languages, so that we can spread public awareness about them at the village level. It is also important that environmental ...

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