Palm Oil Monocultures Will Never be Sustainable

November 02, 2009

Open Letter to RSPO and WWF

One year ago, the “International Declaration Against the ‘Greenwashing’ of Palm Oil by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil” was published, signed by over 250 organisations worldwide (http://www.regenwald.org/international/englisch/news.php?id=1070). Since then, the RSPO has continued to certify palm oil produced by companies which are directly responsible for violating the rights of local communities, for the ongoing destruction of rainforests and peatlands and other abuses against people, the environment ... read more

Posted on 03:36 PM in Agro Fuels, Joint Open Letters, Indonesia, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), Indonesia, palm oil, rain forest destruction, environment and climate, economy and business, certification

(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

(Deutsch) Der Untergang der Waldmenschen

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Posted on 01:56 PM in Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Papua, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: indigenous people, Indonesia, land rights, palm oil, Papua, press freedom, rain forest destruction

(Deutsch) Tausende Tote auf Sumatra befürchtet

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Posted on 05:57 PM in Disasters, Indonesia, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: humanitarian aid, Indonesia, disasters, Sumatra

(Deutsch) Wir müssen unser Konsumverhalten ändern

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Posted on 09:26 PM in Agro Fuels, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), poverty, Government of Germany, decentralization, indigenous people, Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, conflict resolution, corruption, land rights, human rights, military, palm oil, Papua, plantations, Police, rain forest destruction, Sumatra, environment and climate, forced eviction

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

(Deutsch) Kein Geld für Palmöl! Keine Schweizer Franken für Regenwaldvernichtung!

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Posted on 03:36 AM in Agro Fuels, Joint Press Releases & Statements, Indonesia, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: Indonesia, palm oil, plantations, protest action, rain forest destruction, economy and business

Countdown for Survival: Global groups make an urgent call to end deforestation and conserve the world’s forests during UN Climate Talks

08 June 2009

Bonn, Germany – A coalition of youth, environmental groups, NGOs, Indigenous Peoples organizations and women’s groups delivered a plea to negotiators asking them to ensure a strong climate deal and warning them that they will put our survival at risk if they do not act immediately to halt deforestation and the industrial logging of the world’s primary forests (forest degradation).[Signatories and statement below in NOTE 1] “Survival is not negotiable. The climate deal signed ... read more

Posted on 04:59 PM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Indonesia, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: indigenous people, Indonesia, rain forest destruction, environment and climate, United Nations