about

Political parties disregard rights, environment and sustainable development

... those using this tactic. There has been major concern about increasing number of cases of dengue fever - and deaths from it - in the ...

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

Plans for action 1999-2002

... younger generation. Traditional knowledge (for example, about cultivation and medicinal plants) is not part of the formal educational ...

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

New investment law is not pro-poor

... and participation:  there was no real public debate about the contents of the bill and no public consultation during the drafting ... Demonstrations The level of concern in Indonesia about the potential impacts of the law led to several protests in the weeks ...

Story - Frances Marr - 12/20/2011 - 15:32 - 0 attachments

CSR à la Jakarta

... ie the engine behind most business - raises more questions about how coherent the thinking was behind the inclusion of CSR. Some ...

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

Aceh: ecological war zone

... at the time, 10 logging concession holders were logging about 600,000 hectares of forest in the two districts of South and West Aceh alone, where about 60% of forest resources had already been exploited.  (see  ...

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

Sand mining destroys community resources

... Ban sand mining! Indonesian NGOs concerned about the impact on coastal fishing communities are campaigning to stop sand ...

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

Land claims in Lore Lindu result in deaths

... by Papa Gola.   Complex land issues About 60,000 people live in and around the 229,00 ha national park which was ... WALHI. Tempers are running high with both sides talking about the 'arrogance' and 'excessive violence' of the other through the press ...

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

In Brief... DTE 59 - November 2003

... controversial remarks in September, which were dismissive about the existing draft for a new natural resources management (NRM) bill. The ... other organisations in writing to President Megawati about the killing by police of three farmers in Bulukumba, South Sulawesi in ...

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

Pak Keuchik Jailani

... over Christmas in the office, writing up some information about palm oil plantations which were threatening indigenous communities in ... exploitation of the natural environment would bring about the destruction of ecosystems. This was obvious from the extent of forest ...

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

Struggle against logging goes on in Mentawai

... so it cannot challenge the fictitious documents about the amount of timber extracted. According to environmental group WALHI ... was created in 1999, Korta felt that the way to bring about real change was to enter the world of politics full time. He stood for ...

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