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According to an Opinion issued by a panel of 19 top European scientists, existing targets for agrofuels and other forms of bioenergy are based on “flawed” carbon accounting and the “potential consequences …are immense”. [1] The panel, established ...

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... gender perspectives in the Strategy, included in a section about changing work paradigms and culture. Here, gender sensitivity is listed ... been brought back onto the table in government discussions about land and land reform. [9] TAP MPR IX, 2001 is highlighted twice in ...

Story - carolyn - 03/15/2013 - 14:23 - 0 attachments

... London University, in May 2014. For more information about the meeting, go to ...

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... measures that need addressing if Indonesia is serious about reducing its emissions. These include the need to: withdraw ...

Story - carolyn - 12/13/2010 - 19:23 - 0 attachments

... has been a stream of announcements - some contradictory - about forestry reform (see DTE 38). Most of these changes are aimed at ... will be pre-selected. The new regulations are also unclear about the methods of valuing concessions and how they should be managed, ...

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... lands which are still designated concession areas. Phrases about sustainability and equity, liberally sprinkled throughout the new law, ... is by no means a straightforward matter. Decisions about large-scale mining projects or other developments which affect forest ...

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... La Ode Kaimoeddin has complained on several occasions about the company's inactivity and suggested that it should hand the ...

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... a member of the RSPO. In spite of concerns raised by NGOs about Wilmar's operations, the IFC made three investments to the group and ... to buyers in Europe and the USA. Diesel represents about 60% of road transport fuel consumed within Europe. If the whole of PT ...

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

... companies. NGOs are questioning the basic assumptions about poverty and sustainability behind the biotech industry's arguments. Since ...

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

... last year) published a compilation of information about BP's Tangguh project in West Papua, focusing on the social, environmental ...

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