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

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Posted on 08:26 PM in Activities, History & Overview, Human Rights, Indonesia, Recent Activities, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Papua, Publications, Environment & Climate, SUARA magazine
Tags: 1965, labour, mining, dictator Suharto, Indonesia, human rights, Papua, religion, state & nation building, Sukarno, environment and climate, 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) Angesagt – aus der Arbeit von Watch Indonesia!

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Posted on 11:13 AM in Aceh, Human Rights, Indonesia, Recent Activities, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, East Timor, Papua, Publications, Rainforest, State- & Nation-Building, Transitional Justice, Transitional Justice, Environment & Climate, SUARA magazine
Tags: Aceh, democracy, peace process, Indonesia, justice, conflict resolution, land rights, East Timor, Papua, regional conflicts, environment and climate

Open Appeal to ANZ, Standard Bank and BNP Paribas:
Stay away from the Toka Tindung gold mine on Sulawesi!

24 February 2010

We, the undersigned organisations, herewith express our deepest concern about the apparent interest of BNP Paribas, ANZ and Standard Bank to financially support the development of the gold mining operation Toka Tindung on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. The mine is owned by subsidiaries of Archipelago Resources; PT Meares Soputan Mining (MSM) and PT Tambang Tondano Nusajaya (TTN). Given the history of this project we are appalled that banks of such international standing seriously consider entering this project. ... read more

Posted on 01:47 PM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Indonesia, Mining, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: mining, Indonesia, corruption, human rights, protest action, rain forest destruction, Sulawesi, environment and climate, economy and business

(Deutsch) Kahlschlag für Palmöl

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Posted on 03:55 PM in Agro Fuels, Indonesia, Mining, Papua, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), mining, violence, illegal logging, indigenous people, Indonesia, carbon, human rights, palm oil, Papua, plantations, Police, protest action, rain forest destruction, security sector, transmigration, 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

(Deutsch) Umstrittene Goldmine: CS prüft Finanzierung

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Posted on 11:04 AM in Indonesia, Mining, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Australia, mining, Indonesia, Sulawesi, environment and climate

World market, climate change and the hypocrisy of the North

11th April 2008

 

Interview with Pantoro Tri Kuswardono (WALHI)

 

Pantoro Tri Kuswardono (Torry) has been working for a year as a climate campaigner with the Indonesian environmental organisation WALHI (Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia – Friends of the Earth Indonesia). Previously he worked for WALHI’s mining campaign. After completing his engineering degree at the Institute for Technology in Bandung, he spent seven years in one of the poorest parts of Indonesia, in West Timor. There he gained many experiences ... read more

Posted on 06:31 PM in Agro Fuels, Indonesia, Mining, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, SUARA magazine
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), Indonesia, carbon, rain forest destruction, environment and climate

(Bahasa Indonesia) Bank Jerman Batal Danai Proyek MSM

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Posted on 05:56 PM in Indonesia, Mining, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: mining, Indonesia, Sulawesi, environment and climate