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Two significant changes to national regulations on mining are due to affect the mining industry in Indonesia.
March 15, 2007
The following account was compiled by Erma Ranik of the West Kalimantan NGO, PENA.
March 15, 2007
This is a summary of an interview with a representative of Kampuh village, Bunti subdistrict, Sanggau, West Kalimantan - a community which has been affected by the oil palm company PT MAS II.
March 15, 2007
Zulfahmi, former director of Riau NGO forest network Jikalahari, Down to Earth interviewed him about what the RSPO process means for peasant farmers growing oil palm in Riau.
March 15, 2007
Smallholders or peasant farmers play an important role in the world market for edible oils.
March 15, 2007
The fourth Roundtable meeting on Sustainable Palm Oil was held in Singapore on 21-22 November 2006. The oil palm advocacy network, Sawit Watch, organised the participation of a 25-strong contingent of Indonesian CSO representatives.
March 15, 2007
NGOs are campaigning against the adoption by the European Union of mandatory biofuel targets, a move that will prompt the further expansion of oil palm plantations in Indonesia.
March 15, 2007