Death toll in Indonesia approaching 100,000

03 January 2005

Aid piling up at the airports – civil emergency still in force – military operation continuing

The death toll in Indonesia today stands at more than 94,000 and still continues to rise. According to Government information, 270,000 people are currently in refugee camps in Aceh.

Aid and aid pledges

Aid operations are now eventually also underway for Aceh. On Thursday January 6th, 2005, Indonesia is going to host a conference to coordinate aid and relief efforts for the countries ... read more

Posted on 06:08 PM in Aceh, Disasters, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Environment & Climate
Tags: Aceh, Germany, refugees, Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM), humanitarian aid, Indonesia, disasters, military, tsunami

Pictures from Aceh

02 January 2005

German online magazine Spiegel online shows some impressing satellite pictures of Banda Aceh
before and after the quake/tsunami:

http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,grossbild-421851-335175,00.html

QuickBird Imagery – Tsunami Aftermath: Banda Aceh

More than 600 pictures from Aceh by Reuters and AP agencies can be seen at:

http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/search?p=aceh%3F&ei=UTF-8&c=images&b=1

Posted on 09:43 AM in "In the Spotlight", Aceh, Disasters, Indonesia, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: Aceh, Indonesia, disasters, tsunami

(Deutsch) Es ist mehr als nur Nothilfe nötig

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German version

Posted on 04:26 PM in Disasters, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Indonesia, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Aceh, German-Indonesian relations, humanitarian aid, Indonesia, intervention and peace keeping, disasters, tsunami, arms trade

Death toll skyrocketing – first foreign aid workers arrive in Aceh

30 December 2004

Update December 30th, 2004, 4 pm MET

According to latest BBC information, the confirmed death toll for Indonesia has skyrocketed to almost 80,000.

The Vice President calculated that the reconstruction costs would amount to 1 billion US Dollar. 150 million US Dollar were needed for immediate relief operations.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has suggested to the UN Secretary General that the United Nations host an aid conference for all states affected by the disaster. So far, apart from Kofi ... read more

Posted on 02:19 PM in Aceh, Disasters, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: Aceh, Germany, Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM), humanitarian aid, Indonesia, military, government, tsunami, USA

Situation in Aceh on December 29th, 2004, according to information provided by the environmental organisation WALHI

December 29, 2004

The telecommunication system in Aceh has been down over the last days. Since this afternoon it is once more possible to obtain news directly from Aceh by phone.

WALHI Aceh has lost its director, Mohammad Ibrahim. We are mourning his death.

Only one of the 34 WALHI groups in Aceh could be contacted so far (YBA, Yayasan Biduk Alam in East Aceh).

For two days now, an Indonesian team from the Civil Society Coalition for the Victims of the Earthquake ... read more

Posted on 02:52 PM in Disasters, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: Aceh, humanitarian aid, Indonesia, disasters, tsunami

Controlling Timber Imports into the EU

14 December 2004

Joint NGO Statement

This statement outlines what we, the undersigned NGOs, believe must be done at EU level, as part of the EU process on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) to address the import of illegally sourced timber in the EU and the illegal practices of the EU timber industry. Although this statement focuses on illegal logging, we would like to state that legal and illegal logging are often closely linked and that legal ... read more

Posted on 08:46 AM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Indonesia, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: European Union (EU), illegal logging, Indonesia, rain forest destruction

(Deutsch) RAPP verübt Verbrechen gegen die Bewohner des Dorfes Koto Baru

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Indonesian version
German version

Posted on 03:48 AM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: Indonesia, justice, land rights, human rights, plantations, Police, environment and climate

(Deutsch) Initiative 2000plus Berlin

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German version

Posted on 02:04 AM in Activities, Indonesia, Pulp & Paper, Environment & Climate
Tags: Germany, Indonesia, NGO, pulp and paper, rain forest destruction, environment and climate

(Deutsch) Deutschland ist mitverantwortlich für Umweltzerstörung auf Sumatra

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German version

Posted on 03:58 PM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Indonesia, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: Government of Germany, Indonesia, pulp and paper, plantations, protest action, rain forest destruction, environment and climate

(Deutsch) MIGA (Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency) versichert keine Investitionen in die Zellstoffmühle von United Fibre System in Südkalimantan

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Posted on 02:40 AM in Economy, Labor & Corruption, Joint Press Releases & Statements, Indonesia, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: export credit agency (ECA), Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, pulp and paper, rain forest destruction, environment and climate, economy and business, World Bank