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Women suffer worst impacts of mining - cases from Indonesia

... as they have low levels of literacy and knowledge about the AIDS virus and there are increasingly high levels of alcohol-related ...

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

In Brief... DTE 61 - May 2004

... investors, many of whom have been put off by concerns about security. Up to now the military (TNI) and police - including the ... around 20,000 tons of photocopy paper to Japan per month - about 25% of its total sales. WWF signed an agreement with APP in August ...

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

Indigenous peoples oppose oil palm in West Kalimantan

... land"*; they may receive misleading information about how oil palm will bring them prosperity; the company is likely to make a ... introducing the scheme, PTPN XIII, to find out more about it, concludes that  KSK  is a ploy to expand large-scale oil ...

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

FLEGT: merely political rhetoric?

... last year's lobby tour, the aims were to give information about developments in the Indonesia's forestry sector to each country visited, ... which affect all its members, the level of understanding about Indonesian forest issues and the international timber trade differs ...

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

Coal giant questioned over deaths, abuse, corruption at first AGM

... Annual General Meeting in London amid growing concerns about corruption associated with mining companies listed on the London Stock ... Corporation (ENRC), shareholders will ask questions about about similar allegations of corruption, bribery and tax evasion against ...

Story - carolyn - 06/14/2012 - 07:28 - 0 attachments

Europe increasingly reliant on palm oil for fuel: new data

... demand. The increase comes despite repeated warnings about the unsustainability of using more palm oil. Biodiesel made from oil ... today compared to 6 years ago, despite continual warnings about the unsustainability of palm oil expansion and eye-catching NGO ...

Story - carolyn - 09/11/2013 - 09:27 - 1 attachment

The impact of mining

... families. The government never asked women’s opinion about this mine and their right to receive or manage the compensation money was ...   There are many more women who voice concerns about mining’s destructive impacts while all the men are discussing ...

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Indonesia's International Treaty Obligations

... Discrimination (CERD), has for example expressed concerns about the impact on indigenous rights of plans to establish oil palm ...

Story - carolyn - 12/10/2010 - 17:33 - 0 attachments

Transmigration: No end in sight

... as waste land and other neglected areas 221,086 ha. About 58,135.40 km of roads and 92,227.99 m or bridges were built along with ...

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The demand for independence

... attacks by the security forces and were forbidden to talk about the results of the meeting. In August five prominent Papuans were banned ... of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Peoples, spoke about the Mamberamo dam and mega-project planned for a 7.7 million hectare area ...

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