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Indonesia

Indonesia has great natural wealth but many of its citizens live in extreme poverty. Democratic progress has been made since the resigation of former president Suharto in 1998, but many civil society organisations feel that far too little progress has been made towards sustainable management of the country's resources, and ensuring that Indonesia's diverse communities have a real say in decisions which affect their future.
CSOs tell EU to ‘stop grabbing Indonesia’s land for biofuels’

A crucial vote on biofuels in the European Parliament on September 11th 2013 has failed to fix a flawed policy which is driving deforestation, landgrabbing and human rights abuses ...

Story - carolyn - 01/10/2014 - 08:45 - 0 attachments

Plantations and Poverty: Notes from a village deep in oil palm territory

New DTE publication, by Betty Tiominar. Palm oil is being presented as an answer to poverty and unemployment by Indonesia's government. However the reality in the field shows otherwise. ...

Story - carolyn - 04/15/2011 - 09:23 - 1 attachment