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Call for reform: video of NGOs giving evidence to UK Parliamentary Select Committee Inquiry on Extractive Industries Sector

... video source on parliament website. More information about the Inquiry here. Go to LMN written evidence submitted to the ...

Story - carolyn - 03/04/2014 - 20:00 - 0 attachments

Food, coal and Makroman Village

... sources of water near the paddy fields. Small wells of about half a metre, filled with clear water, are dug by farmers near their ...   Neglected agenda But these crises brought about by coal mining and the accompanying corruption in Kalimantan - which ...

Story - carolyn - 12/02/2010 - 16:07 - 0 attachments

North Sulawesi confronts Jakarta over MSM gold mine plans

... sediment guidelines. However, the debate is not simply about the waste from the gold mine; the ecological impacts of open pit mining ... local fishing industry. They expressed their concerns about the potential environmental pollution from mine tailings, drawing ...

Story - Frances Marr - 12/20/2011 - 15:10 - 0 attachments

Indonesia's Forestry Congress IV: hope and reality

... Peoples of the Archipelago) presented papers and talked about recognition and restoration of indigenous peoples' rights, the need for a ...

Story - Frances Marr - 12/20/2011 - 15:12 - 0 attachments

A report from the RSPO

... and social justice NGOs who are involved in or concerned about the production of palm oil. Its secretariat is based in Kuala Lumpur, ... Principles and Criteria. So the focus of RT4 was more about sharing preliminary evidence from different stakeholders about how the ...

Story - Frances Marr - 12/20/2011 - 15:12 - 0 attachments

Regional autonomy and the IFIs

... powers at regional level they also express doubts about the capacity of Indonesia to implement regional autonomy in a way that ... to the Far Eastern Economic Review , "raised questions about inconsistencies and the government's future ability to make debt ...

Story - Anonymous - 12/20/2011 - 15:20 - 0 attachments

Indigenous-owned forests felled for oil palm in Keerom

... Christian Church in Papua (GKI di Tanah Papua), about a plantation development in Keerom, around 60 km from Papua's provincial capital of Jayapura, raise serious concerns about the impacts of such projects on indigenous Papuans and their natural ...

Story - Frances Marr - 12/20/2011 - 15:02 - 0 attachments

Indonesia and Down to Earth - a 50th edition editorial

... have a decisive voice in the formulation of policies about resource use in their areas." The projects are different today, ... land and community resource rights. More recently, concern about the growing influence of the international financial institutions on ...

Story - Frances Marr - 12/20/2011 - 15:18 - 0 attachments

Bali PrepCom ends without agreement, NGOs walk out

... trade. NGOs attending the meeting expressed concern about the disproportionate influence of powerful private corporations - who, ...

Story - Frances Marr - 12/20/2011 - 15:17 - 0 attachments

Indigenous rights in West Kalimantan

... communities as compensation, but they're never frank about the impact of oil palm plantations. These are not just destroying our ... is no prior informed consent. And there's no information about the impact of oil palm plantations. The company people just say good ...

Story - Frances Marr - 12/20/2011 - 15:15 - 0 attachments