(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) Sie sind nicht eingeladen!

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Posted on 10:30 PM in Agro Fuels, democracy, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), Germany, Forum für nachhaltiges Palmöl (FONAP), Indonesia, palm oil, Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), students, 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
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), biomass, Germany, European Union (EU), Indonesia, palm oil, rain forest destruction, environment and climate

(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

(Deutsch) Ein Jahr vor der Präsidentenwahl 2019: Der Pluralismus hat schon verloren

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Posted on 02:08 AM in democracy, Elections & Political Parties, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Publications, Society & Religion
Tags: 1965, Chinese, democracy, Indonesia, Joko Widodo, LGBT, Megawati Sukarnoputri, human rights, Partai Demokrat, PDI-P, political parties, Prabowo, religion, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, elections, Wiranto

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

Call for Papers: Law and Justice – Indonesia 20 years after ‘Reformasi’

Watch Indonesia,  August 02,  2018

A conference organized by Watch Indonesia!

Berlin, 9th – 11th November 2018

The year 1998 is considered as the year of ‘Reformasi’ which marked the end of dictatorship in Indonesia. The great pro-democratic demonstrations, especially those of students, ended dictator Suharto’s power who had led the country under military rule for 30 years. The movement’s demands were: (1) Replacement of Suharto as president; (2) Legal action against Suharto and his »Cronies«; (3) Elimination of ... read more

Posted on 02:40 AM in Activities, democracy, Justice, Indonesia
Tags: Indonesia, reformasi

(Deutsch) Verbreitung, Verlauf und Verharmlosung islamistischer Strömungen innerhalb indonesischer Gesellschaftsstrukturen

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Posted on 02:18 AM in Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Publications, Society & Religion
Tags: Blasphemie, Germany, Indonesia, LGBT, religion, students

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