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Indigenous miners evicted

... Mining was pressing the authorities to do something about the environmentally damaging mining polluting the River Tayan. A written ...

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

Messages to mark our 50th edition

... Ginting, WALHI (Translation: "An interesting thing about the DTE newsletter is its ability to be up to date and its choice of issues...It is not only a broad reference for information about the problems of environmental justice in Indonesia, but also an ...

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

Forest fires

... Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand have all complained about the fires, but the Indonesian government's feeble response is to appeal ... NGOs have accused the environment minister of lying about the impact of forest fires in Indonesia. Indonesia's country report, ...

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

PAMA PUJA - the new Indigenous Peoples Organisation on Java

... Adat Pulau Java, or PAMA PUJA. When we talk about Indigenous Peoples, many people immediately think of people who live in ... the UK, hosted by Down to Earth. For more information about PAMA PUJA contact:  idham_bandung@yahoo.com , or  ...

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

Relocation camps: a report from Aceh

... Around week 2 post-quake, there were serious concerns about the plight of hundreds of thousands people made homeless by the ... Aceh is to remain in a state of civil emergency. Decisions about the rehabilitation and restoration of Aceh are, at least in part, due to ...

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

The RSPO - towards "sustainable palm oil"?

... space for Indonesian civil society groups concerned about the impacts of palm oil. So I was 'co-opted' onto the CWG as Sawit ... I think we can hope for: better transparency about the whole palm oil sector and quite good 'best practice' standards which ... It has also helped sharpen up industry and NGO thinking about all the issues. What have been the main blockages, or where has ...

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

Letters to DTE

... your newsletter, and in particular to read your new news about Freeport's payments to the TNI in West Papua [ DTE 68 ]. You may be ...

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

Bumi falls at first hurdle

... with contractors. Chairman Samin Tan, when asked about corporate social responsibility, claimed that people in Indonesia are ... A question was asked on behalf of Indonesian activists about the polluting of a marine conservation area by Berau Coal, one of Bumi's ...

Story - carolyn - 06/20/2012 - 09:13 - 0 attachments

Europe's agrofuels vote fails on food sovereignty, rights and climate

... have ignored the concerns of millions of Indonesians about the impacts of the EU’s agrofuel policies on their land and ...

Story - carolyn - 09/19/2013 - 20:29 - 0 attachments

Gender justice on the plantations?

...   DTE: Could you tell us a little about SPKS? Does SPKS represent women smallholders as well as men? If yes, how ...

Story - carolyn - 10/22/2014 - 07:21 - 0 attachments