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(Deutsch) Rote Flügel, Leid und falsche Hilfe

(Deutsch) Rote Flügel, Leid und falsche Hilfe


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Posted on 06:01 PM in Aceh, Disasters, Indonesia, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
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(Deutsch) Deutsche Bank kooperiert mit Tropenwaldvernichtern in Indonesien

(Deutsch) Deutsche Bank kooperiert mit Tropenwaldvernichtern in Indonesien


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Posted on 05:49 PM in Indonesia, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
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(Deutsch) Aceh: Tropenwald-Raubbau im Leuser-Nationalpark fordert neue Opfer<br>Die Katastrophe von Kutacane

(Deutsch) Aceh: Tropenwald-Raubbau im Leuser-Nationalpark fordert neue Opfer
Die Katastrophe von Kutacane


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Posted on 10:30 AM in Aceh, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
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(Deutsch) Kein Urwald in unsere Schulhefte!

(Deutsch) Kein Urwald in unsere Schulhefte!


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Posted on 08:35 PM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Indonesia, Press Releases, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
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(Deutsch) Bau der Zellstofffabrik nochmal überdenken!

(Deutsch) Bau der Zellstofffabrik nochmal überdenken!


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Posted on 05:23 PM in Indonesia, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
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Palm oil plantations for biofuel production threaten tropical rainforest in Kalimantan

Palm oil plantations for biofuel production threaten tropical rainforest in Kalimantan


Open Letter

October 13, 2005

Francois Lamoureux Director-General Directorate-General Energy and Transport European Commission Dear. Mr. Lamoureux,

I am writing to express my concern about using palm oil and soya biomass as biofuels. To fulfill the demand for biofuel, large areas of tropical rainforests are currently already converted into plantations, with the effect, that lowland rainforest, especially in Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, are cut down. Considering geological and ecological conditions in Borneo, in only a few years Borneo will become a ... read more

Posted on 08:19 AM in Agro Fuels, Indonesia, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch's Open Letters
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(Deutsch) Korindo baut Zellstofffabrik

(Deutsch) Korindo baut Zellstofffabrik


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Posted on 05:14 PM in Indonesia, Pulp & Paper, Environment & Climate
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Pulp Factory Kiani Kertas in the limelight again

Pulp Factory Kiani Kertas in the limelight again


 

Watch Indonesia!, August 2005

Latest developments from Kalimantan

by Vinda Nairus and Marianne Klute

translated by Petra Stockmann and Christoph Assheuer

PT Kiani Kertas is in the headlines again – and had been so for years. Formerly, it belonged to the empire of timber baron Bob Hasan, one of Suharto’s buddies. Using state funds for his Kiani Kertas was one of the crimes for which Bob Hasan was eventually brought behind bars. Other Kiani Kertas headlines concerned the horrendous debts ... read more

Posted on 01:59 AM in Indonesia, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, SUARA magazine
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(Deutsch) Weltgrößter Goldbergbaukonzern angeklagt

(Deutsch) Weltgrößter Goldbergbaukonzern angeklagt


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Posted on 11:05 AM in Indonesia, Mining, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
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Call for an immediate moratorium on EU incentives for agrofuels, EU imports of agrofuels and EU agroenergy monocultures

Call for an immediate moratorium on EU incentives for agrofuels, EU imports of agrofuels and EU agroenergy monocultures


27 June 2005

The undersigned call for an immediate moratorium on EU incentives for agrofuels and agroenergy from large-scale monocultures including tree plantations and a moratorium on EU imports of such agrofuels. This includes the immediate suspension of all targets, incentives such as tax breaks and subsidies which benefit agrofuels from large-scale monocultures, including financing through carbon trading mechanisms, international development aid or loans from international finance organisations such as the World Bank. This call also responds to ... read more

Posted on 02:13 AM in Agro Fuels, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Indonesia, Environment & Climate
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