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Choking smoke from fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan has caused respiratory health problems and disrupted transport services in several cities in western Indonesia over the past weeks.
August 14, 2002
n April this year the Indonesian and British governments signed an agreement to improve forest law enforcement and to combat illegal logging and the international trade in illegal wood products. What has been the follow-up action so far?
August 14, 2002
The world's biggest oil company is fighting a human rights lawsuit by claiming that the case will upset US relations with Indonesia.
August 14, 2002
NGOs in Manokwari, West Papua, have called for activities at BP's Tangguh gas project to be suspended, following a day-long occupation of the project's base-camp in May.
August 14, 2002
une's preparatory meeting in Bali for the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg (PrepCom IV -WSSD) ended in deadlock with a draft Plan of Action still full of disputed text.
August 14, 2002
Seventy-four representatives of communities affected by mining, NGOs and activists from 15 countries gathered in Bali in May to highlight the industry's abysmal record on human rights and the environment.
August 14, 2002
Indigenous communities living in Central Sulawesi are campaigning to oppose the take-over of their forest lands by UK-based mining multinational, Rio Tinto.
August 14, 2002