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Indigenous community rejects Lembata mine

... 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

CDC projects criticised over impacts

... 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

In Brief... DTE 53-54 - August 2002

... 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

Protests over fatal collapse at Freeport/Rio Tinto West Papua mine

... 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

Community-centred reconstruction needed

... 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

The borders megaproject

... 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

DTE Factsheet: FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT

... 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

MIFEE-affected communities want their land back

... A roundup of recent material about MIFEE, January 2013 ... DTE 95, March 2013 A round-up of recent material about MIFEE, (first published in January 2013) Indigenous communities ...

Story - carolyn - 03/15/2013 - 08:41 - 0 attachments

Addressing the impacts of the EU’s agrofuels policies on Indonesia

... policies were founded on limited scientific information about the impacts of ILUC. Numerous robust studies have since emerged to show ...

Story - carolyn - 09/04/2013 - 08:32 - 1 attachment

The Neglectful State

... Moreover, this data, together with various sad stories about indigenous peoples, including the unhappy stories of women and other ... . For more information about the National Inquiry see www.inkuiriadat.org/ [3] ... [4] DTE note: Mia Siscawati has also written about the gender dimensions of the Constitutional Court ruling. She points out ...

Story - carolyn - 10/22/2014 - 07:22 - 0 attachments