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We are looking for new board members!

... you will have knowledge of Indonesia and be passionate about the rights of communities to preserve their natural resource rights in ...

Story - carolyn - 09/24/2014 - 10:32 - 3 attachments

Solidaritas Perempuan: Gender and Natural Resources

... decision-making processes – including decision-making about natural resources and food management -  which affect their lives. ... or trafficking. Dreamseekers , a recent film about Indonesian migrant workers in Hong Kong portrays the traumatic impact on ...

Story - carolyn - 10/22/2014 - 07:23 - 0 attachments

Indonesia's Civil Society Forum for Climate Justice

... 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

Famine grips West Papua

... 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

Advance of the biotech giants

... 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

Indigenous communities and democratic control

... the National Government system" have given rise to debate about how far village communities will really be able to enjoy autonomy in the ...

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

Jubilee Scotland's campaign against Indonesia's odious debt

... Ben Young of Jubilee Scotland writes about the on-going campaign to cancel Suharto's debt legacy to the UK. ... August 2008 Ben Young of Jubilee Scotland writes about the on-going campaign to cancel Suharto's debt legacy to the UK. ...

Story - Frances Marr - 12/20/2011 - 15:26 - 0 attachments

Group 4 security company called in by Caltex in Riau

... In April DTE wrote to the company to enquire about its activities in Riau and raise concerns over human rights violations. ...

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

No sign of much-needed reform

... Indonesia's forests. There have been no pronouncements about promoting community forestry. All attention has focused on increasing ... extensive reforestation. Much less has been said in public about reducing the over-capacity of Indonesia's wood-processing industry, ...

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

All-out campaign to stop mining in protected forests

... during the Suharto era are those who today complain about the ban on mining in protection forests, about the lack of legal certainty caused by Indonesia's decentralisation ...

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