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Indigenous Women's workshop at AMAN Congress

... of the family and the community, including decisions about indigenous women themselves, are taken without women's involvement. ... were encouraged to get more involved in making decisions about sustaining the life of their communities. A common theme of speakers ...

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

Suharto's Legacy

... trained judiciary. There must be more transparency about the business interests of politicians and the military. Above all, ...

Story - Frances Marr - 12/20/2011 - 15:02 - 0 attachments

Confusion and delay

... economic "rescue" programme, is extremely uneasy about the process and is reported to have blocked the transfer of $400 million ... themselves. The proposal stems from Jakarta's concerns about the lack of investor confidence in regional autonomy, as well as direct ...

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

Court action fails but protests continue

... on the open market, there is already widespread concern about the uncontrolled movement of GM seeds and produce. Coalition member ... aspects of GM crops, but does not give information about the long term or short term negative impacts on farmers, health and the ...

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

Activist jailed for forest protest

... press statement in April 2002 accusing the Bupati of lying about his commitment to protect Gorontalo's forests. One of the environment ... the  Bupati 's office where they delivered speeches about the injustice of the sentence and the whole legal process. Office staff ...

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

Jatigede dam campaign gains momentum

... while government officials continue to make pronouncements about a dam being the only solution to the flooding. Estimates of the loss of ...

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

AMAN in West Papua

... regulations for autonomy. Furthermore, information about Special Autonomy was never properly disseminated to the Papuan people. ... Government (provincial and district levels) are serious about developing people's capacity, have confidence in people and give them ...

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

Aceh's forests under more pressure

... instructions to all agencies involved in rebuilding Aceh about the use of timber. International organisations involved in ...

Story - Frances Marr - 12/20/2011 - 15:09 - 0 attachments

More MIFEE Info

... . Ironic Survival is a film about the MIFEE project by ‘Papuan Voices’, an empowerment and film ... (Merauke, Mappi, and Boven Digul areas) to talk directly about their problems and aspirations, including plantation developments. ...

Story - carolyn - 05/30/2012 - 16:00 - 0 attachments

Addressing the impacts of the EU’s agrofuels policies on Indonesia

... policies were founded on limited scientific information about the impacts of ILUC. Numerous robust studies have since emerged to show ...

Story - carolyn - 09/04/2013 - 08:32 - 1 attachment