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... including Down to Earth, highlighted concerns about human rights in Indonesia, in a report about human rights and natural resources management and climate change. The ... Putih and RFN, click here . For more information about the UPR go to ...

Story - carolyn - 01/17/2013 - 15:19 - 1 attachment

... makes very interesting reading. He stated that about 59% of the 1000 oil palm  companies across Indonesia are currently ... natural resources and territories can turn into conflicts about other issues. Longstanding agrarian conflicts may precipitate a ...

Story - carolyn - 12/21/2012 - 18:22 - 0 attachments

... resources for survival and income, yet the world loses about 5.2 million hectares of forest per year. It recognises that many of these ...

Story - carolyn - 03/17/2014 - 11:29 - 0 attachments

... change is not new for us. In fact, we have been talking about it since the beginning of the environmental movement in Indonesia. It is ... has up to now been quite flexible, however, we are now about to make changes to give us a clearer structure as an organisation. ...

Story - carolyn - 12/09/2010 - 18:18 - 0 attachments

... a publication called MamBeramo does raise suspicions about the activities of troops in that area. In December Indonesian television ... is not to say that ordinary Indonesians are not concerned about what is happening in West Papua. From the many letters to the press and ...

Story - Anonymous - 12/20/2011 - 15:24 - 0 attachments

... Hence the Indonesian public is completely in the dark about the existence of such tests and possible hazards and risks involved, ... organisations. According to the Bank, there are currently about 38,000 agricultural and 6,000 forestry extension workers compared with 28 ...

Story - Anonymous - 12/20/2011 - 15:22 - 0 attachments

... will be presented as the basis for discussions about climate change controls after the Kyoto Protocol ends in 2012. Finance ... local benefits might be ensured. The many concerns about avoided deforestation schemes include the following: Top-down and ...

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

... peatland in the ASEAN region is estimated to represent about 60% of the total tropical peatland carbon store 4 . According ... uses around 1.2 million tonnes of palm oil every year, or about 3% of world production. Indonesian RSPO members include Sinar Mas, which ...

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

... released into the river. If, after floating a distance of about 4-5 metres, the offering sinks, this is a sign that the water spirits ...

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

... destruction - came at a time of intense public debate about how to reform forest management in Indonesia as a whole. From September ...

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