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Indonesia on the front line:impacts of biofuel expansion for people, forests and climate

Joint briefing by Down to Earth, 11.11.11, Friends of the Earth Europe, Watch Indonesia!, Sawit Watch, Lembaga Gemawan and Rettet den Regenwald.

October 2014

Biofuels gridlock continues into 2014

DTE 98, March 2014

Indecision and uncertainty on EU biofuels policy persists, as communities in Indonesia continue to suffer the impacts of oil palm expansion.

EU Energy Council fails to agree on restrictions to bad biofuels - 12th December 2013

Ministers turn a blind eye to biofuels' devastating impacts

DTE update, 12th December, 2013

DTE letter to UK Minister: fix biofuels policy!

Rt Hon Edward Davey MP

DTE Newsletter 96-97 full edition for download

DTE 96-97, December 2013

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Agrofuels: impacts in Indonesia, time for policy change in Europe, DTE Special Edition newsletter

CSOs tell EU to ‘stop grabbing Indonesia’s land for biofuels’

DTE 96-97, December 2013

A crucial vote on biofuels in the European Parliament on September 11th 2013 has failed to fix a flawed policy which is driving deforestation, landgrabbing and human rights abuse, while undermining communities' food sovereignty in producer countries like Indonesia.

Europe’s agrofuels imports: check the reality on the ground in Indonesia

DTE 96-97, December 2013

Bondan Andriyanu of Sawit Watch, visited Berlin, Brussels and Strasbourg in September 2013. The aim was to convey to Europe’s policymakers the urgent need to reform the EU’s policies on agrofuels due to their harmful impacts in Indonesia.

Prior to the trip to Europe, DTE interviewed Bondan about his organisation, and his intentions in Europe.