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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.

Forestry Ministry reluctant to relinquish control over forests

Last year’s ruling on customary forests by Indonesia’s Constitutional Court was celebrated by indigenous peoples across Indonesia. Ten months on, what progress has been made on implementing the decision? 

DTE 98, March 2014

Election Politics 2014 and Natural Resources Management

How green are the elections? Do Indonesia’s voters care about ecological justice? We take a very brief look...

DTE 98, March 2014

The environment is a marginal issue not worthy of any attention. This is the perception evident from the election campaigns of parliamentary candidates, almost all of which are failing to focus on the environment.

Peasants' long fight to roll back palm oil land grab in Indonesia

Guest article by GRAIN. This article was first published in January 2014 on GRAIN’s website, www.grain.org

DTE 98, March 2014

Sudarmin Paliba stands on a hillside, looking down through row upon row of oil palm trees. "This is where we had our fruit trees, and at the bottom we grew paddy rice," he says.

Biofuels gridlock continues into 2014

DTE 98, March 2014

Indecision and uncertainty on EU biofuels policy persists, as communities in Indonesia continue to suffer the impacts of oil palm expansion.

DTE activities Update 2013

Snapshots from a year of campaigns

DTE 98, March 2014

Focusing public attention on the devastating impacts on communities, environment and climate of coal mining and agrofuels featured prominently in DTE’s work over the last year.

DTE Newsletter 96-97 full edition for download

DTE 96-97, December 2013

Download the complete pdf newsletter or click on separate articles...

Agrofuels: impacts in Indonesia, time for policy change in Europe, DTE Special Edition newsletter

Fix the policy!

DTE 96-97, December 2013

Biofuels - once promoted as the silver bullet for climate change - have turned out to be one of the European Union’s biggest policy mistakes.