(Deutsch) Angesagt – aus der Arbeit von Watch Indonesia!

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Posted on 12:39 AM in Aceh, Agro Fuels, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Elections & Political Parties, Human Rights, Indonesia, Recent Activities, East Timor, Papua, Publications, Rainforest, Society & Religion, Environment & Climate, SUARA magazine
Tags: Aceh, agrofuel ("biofuel"), Government of Germany, democracy, indigenous people, Indonesia, Jakarta, culture, human rights, New Order, East Timor, palm oil, Papua, rain forest destruction, religion, debt, environment and climate, economy and business

(Deutsch) Papua: Wälder, Menschen, Ausverkauf

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Posted on 03:30 AM in Agro Fuels, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Papua, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), Germany, Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, carbon, land rights, palm oil, Papua, plantations, rain forest destruction, Sumatra, environment and climate, United Nations, economy and business

(Deutsch) Die Suche nach Indonesiens Volksvermögen in den Löchern von Schweizer Käse

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Posted on 09:41 PM in Economy, Labor & Corruption, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Publications
Tags: dictator Suharto, Indonesia, corruption, economy and business

(Deutsch) Reismarkt im Banne der Zocker?

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Posted on 02:41 PM in "In the Spotlight", Economy, Labor & Corruption, Indonesia, Publications
Tags: food security, Indonesia, economy and business

(Deutsch) Angesagt – aus der Arbeit von Watch Indonesia!

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Posted on 10:33 PM in Agro Fuels, democracy, Economy, Labor & Corruption, History & Overview, Human Rights, Indonesia, Recent Activities, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Papua, Publications, Rainforest, security sector, Environment & Climate, SUARA magazine
Tags: 1965, agrofuel ("biofuel"), poverty, mining, biodiversity, Government of Germany, European Union (EU), history and overview, Indonesia, Jakarta, corruption, culture, land rights, human rights, military, Munir, palm oil, Papua, rain forest destruction, security sector, environment and climate, dealing with the past, forced eviction, World Bank

(Deutsch) Nicht alles funktioniert nach den Prinzipien des Marktes

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Posted on 08:34 AM in Economy, Labor & Corruption, Indonesia, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: labour, Asian crisis, Indonesia, economy and business

Hazardous Waste is Not All Waste After All

IslamOnline.net, 03. December 2009

By Wanzala Bahati Justus
Journalist – Kenya

All the rumbling sound welcomes you as you enter BRAL Residue Treatment Company for recycling refrigerators in Berlin.

Inside the company, several old refrigerators are lined up on a conveyor belt, each waiting for its turn to be reduced into pellets and powder. In less than an hour, 50 of them will be crushed and transformed into several products. In a year, around 150,000 refrigerators will be ... read more

Posted on 06:43 PM in Economy, Labor & Corruption, Indonesia, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Indonesia, NGO, environment and climate, economy and business

Lapindo mud volcano in Sidoardjo

Suara No. 1/09, August 2009

by Marianne Klute

Translated into English by biofuelwatch, September 2009

The scale of the catastrophe becomes apparent only from the air: A layer of mud has covered sixteen villages, schools, rice paddies, even the motorway to Surabaya. More than 50,000 people who lived here until three years ago have lost everything. People continue to survive in tents. They see themselves as victims of Indonesia’s biggest environmental scandal.

End of May 2006: Lapindo Brantas, a company which ... read more

Posted on 09:51 PM in Disasters, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Human Rights, Indonesia, Mining, Publications, SUARA magazine
Tags: mining, Indonesia, disasters, land rights, Umwelt, economy and business

The Bakrie Group

Suara No. 1/09, August 2009

by Marianne Klute

Translated into English by biofuelwatch, September 2009

The Bakrie case offers an interesting insight into the intertwining of politics and business in Indonesia, a lesson to be learned about business practices in Indonesia, based on the exploitation of Indonesia’s valuable resources for the benefit of individuals and the lack of will to build a consolidated and responsible economy, and, last not least, provides data on the involvement of international capital in ... read more

Posted on 09:50 PM in Agro Fuels, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Indonesia, Mining, Publications, SUARA magazine
Tags: Asian crisis, Indonesia, Kohleabbau, palm oil, plantations, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Umwelt, economy and business

Bakrie Sumatera Plantations

Suara No. 1/09, August 2009

by Marianne Klute

Translated into English by biofuelwatch, September 2009

 

Case study: Bakrie and the attack on the village of Sei Kopas

All of the sudden the bulldozers return. They thunder across the fields and tear down whatever stands in their way. Farmers in their fields freeze in shock. Their rice harvest has been destroyed; young fruit trees have been uprooted. They are powerless against the machinery of the company Bakrie Sumatera Plantations and the hundreds ... read more

Posted on 09:49 PM in Agro Fuels, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Environment & Climate, SUARA magazine
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), Asian crisis, dictator Suharto, Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, land rights, human rights, palm oil, Papua, plantations, Police, rain forest destruction, Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), Sumatra, Umwelt, economy and business