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This year, political life in Indonesia has been dominated by elections for national and regional parliaments, regional representatives council and, finally, for a new president.
August 14, 2004
NGOs in Indonesia have worked hard to convince their government that it should do more to protect farmers and consumers from the risks of genetically modified crops. Now their efforts have borne fruit.
August 14, 2004
The following is part of a statement by the Indonesian Forum for Environment (WALHI), the Mining Advocacy Network (JATAM) and Alliance of Indigenous Peoples of the Archipelago (AMAN) to the seventh meeting of parties to the Biodiversity Convention (COP 7), Kuala Lumpur, February 2004.
August 14, 2004
Indonesia's new plantation law, aimed at providing legal certainty for investors, will do nothing to address conflicts between local communities and companies. It could well make things worse.
August 14, 2004
A group of thirty Indonesian and international NGOs have called for the cancellation of South Kalimantan's first pulp mill project. This is their 'open letter to actors of the forestry, pulp & paper and banking sectors in Europe.'
August 14, 2004
The burning season started early in Sumatra this year, but Jakarta has been too preoccupied with the elections to take action on forest fires.
August 14, 2004
Efforts to secure protection for local communities under a new timber trade standard may be undermined by an emergency decree on illegal logging.
August 14, 2004
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