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... Batu Hijau mine are dumped on the sea-bed at a depth of about 100 metres. Pollution issues are handled jointly by the government's ...

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

... has tracked the project’s progress and raised concerns about human rights, and social and environmental impacts. We have highlighted calls to halt the project until concerns about these issues have been properly addressed. We have objected to the ...

Story - carolyn - 11/16/2011 - 10:29 - 1 attachment

... to open a dialogue with the Indonesian government about the protection of ELSHAM and LEMASA.   Motivations ...

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

... on Java? A lot of people in the cities don't know about  Masyarakat Adat  and their way of life, but people living ... Adat . There are also people who think negatively about some indigenous groups, because they don't understand their  adat ...

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

... and main wage earner. Aid workers talk off the record about incidents of violence, intimidation and sexual harassment in camps, but ... are the military. There are now serious concerns about conditions in the new relocation centres which are guarded by security ...

Story - Frances Marr - 12/20/2011 - 15:13 - 0 attachments

... guesthouses as part of an eco-tourism scheme. Concern about the impact of mining on their livelihoods has prompted coastal villagers ... the visiting delegation of villagers not to be 'paranoid' about the tailings. He also asserted that Buyat Bay was not polluted, implying ...

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

... for STD Appendix: Four important questions asked about STD INTRODUCTION The issue isn't just STD - the ... by those outside the mining industry yet concerned about its impacts. Nowhere is this better illustrated than with STD (Submarine ...

Story - carolyn - 12/05/2011 - 15:41 - 0 attachments

... Monitoring and Oversight (UKP4), is nevertheless upbeat about the moratorium results. UKP4 is overseeing the all-important process of ... there was not an obvious means of accessing information about, say, mining and oil & gas concessions. This information is also not ...

Story - carolyn - 03/04/2013 - 17:24 - 1 attachment

... Commonwealth Office (FCO), which issues Country Updates about Indonesia. October 2013’s Update, Indonesia: Land, Coal, People and ... from the UK-funded Climate Change Unit (CCU). It is frank about the impacts of the province’s huge coal industry. “Open cast mines ...

Story - carolyn - 05/27/2014 - 14:59 - 0 attachments

... as Usual projections (see  separate article ). About 84 per cent of Indonesia's greenhouse gas emissions comes from ... estimates that cutting emissions by 40 per cent would cost about US$32 billion. Agus Purnomo, the executive secretary of the National ...

Story - carolyn - 12/13/2010 - 15:38 - 0 attachments