(Deutsch) Mehr zertifiziertes Palmöl in den Tanks

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Posted on 11:15 PM in Agro Fuels, Indonesia, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), Germany, Indonesia, palm oil, plantations, rain forest destruction, Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), environment and climate, economy and business

RSPO: 14 years of failure to eliminate violence and destruction from the industrial palm oil sector

November 12, 2018. Open Statement

read as PDF: www.watchindonesia.org/wp-content/uploads/Declaracion-con-firmas-ENG.pdf

During its 14 years of existence, RSPO – the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil – has failed to live up to its claim of „transforming” the industrial palm oil production sector into a so-called „sustainable” one. In reality, the RSPO has been used by the palm oil industry to greenwash corporate destruction and human rights abuses, while it continues to expand business, forest destruction and profits.

RSPO presents itself to the public ... read more

Posted on 12:46 AM in Agro Fuels, joint position papers, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Papua, Position Papers, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
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(Deutsch) „Asimetris“ – kritische Doku über Palmöl in Indonesien

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Posted on 12:11 AM in Agro Fuels, Activities, Visitor Programmes, Indonesia, Campaign, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
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(Deutsch) Palmölsiegel: Beweise für Nachhaltigkeit?

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Posted on 11:46 PM in Agro Fuels, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), labour, biodiversity, Germany, European Union (EU), Indonesia, human rights, palm oil, rain forest destruction, Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), environment and climate

(Deutsch) „Asimetris“ – kritische Doku über Palmöl in Indonesien

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Posted on 12:11 AM in Agro Fuels, Activities, Visitor Programmes, Indonesia, Campaign, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: Germany, film, Indonesia, land rights, palm oil, plantations, rain forest destruction, environment and climate

(Deutsch) Unliebsame Karriere einer Palme

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Posted on 04:32 AM in Agro Fuels, Indonesia, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
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(Deutsch) Im Rollstuhl zu den Orang-Utans

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Posted on 03:22 AM in Agro Fuels, Indonesia, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: biodiversity, Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, rain forest destruction, environment and climate

Adapting in a carbon pool?

Routledge, August 2018, A Critical Approach to Climate Change Adaption, Chapter III.8

Politicising climate change at Sumatra’s oil palm frontier

 ]onas Hein and Yvonne Kunz

 

Introduction

When visiting villages in Jambi province on the island of Sumatra in 2013, peasants told us that the Indonesian Government had recently proclaimed their forests to be ‘lungs of the earth’. This phrase is the local interpretation of a recent concept developed by economists and conservationists within the context ... read more

Posted on 01:58 AM in Agro Fuels, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), indigenous people, Indonesia, carbon, land rights, palm oil, rain forest destruction, Sumatra, transmigration, environment and climate, United Nations, Wasser

Indonesian billionaire using ‘shadow companies’ to clear forest for palm oil, report alleges

Mongabay, 11 April 2018

news.mongabay.com/2018/04/indonesian-billionaire-using-shadow-companies-to-clear-forest-for-palm-oil-report-alleges

by Daniel Pye

• Two plantation companies linked to Anthoni Salim, Indonesia’s third-richest man, are deforesting a peat swamp in Borneo, according to new research by Aidenvironment.
• In response to the findings, Citigroup said it was cancelling all lending agreements with IndoAgri, the Salim Group’s agribusiness arm.
• The Salim Group was previously accused of being behind four companies at the forefront of illegal oil palm expansion in Indonesia’s Papua region, employing a complex network ... read more

Posted on 01:27 AM in Agro Fuels, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Indonesia, Papua, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Bank, Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, carbon, human rights, palm oil, Papua, plantations, rain forest destruction, economy and business