(Deutsch) Konflikt fördernd: Palmöl aus West-Papua

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Posted on 07:35 AM in Agro Fuels, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Papua, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), violence, Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, land rights, palm oil, Papua, plantations, rain forest destruction, regional conflicts, Sumatra, economy and business

(Deutsch) „Palmöl zerstört unser Leben“

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Posted on 01:55 PM in Agro Fuels, Indonesia, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), indigenous people, Indonesia, land rights, palm oil, plantations, rain forest destruction, Sumatra, transmigration, environment and climate, economy and business

(Deutsch) Halal – ein islamisches Marketinginstrument

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Posted on 05:26 AM in Economy, Labor & Corruption, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Publications
Tags: Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesia, religion, economy and business

German Bank Pulls Out of Controversial Indonesian Gold Mine Scheme

18th January 2008

Urgewald + Watch Indonesia!, press note

The Indonesian province of North Sulawesi is a biodiversity hotspot and harbors some of the world’s most spectacular nature areas. Northern Sulawesi is also home to a series of gold deposits, the largest of which is known by the name of Toka Tindung. Plans to establish gold mining operations here have met with widespread resistance both from local inhabitants and the Provincial government, who fear that the mines would disrupt ... read more

Posted on 08:47 AM in Economy, Labor & Corruption, Joint Press Releases & Statements, Indonesia, Mining, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: mining, Germany, Indonesia, protest action, government, Sulawesi, environment and climate, economy and business

(Deutsch) Im Namen der Profitgier

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Posted on 08:01 PM in Agro Fuels, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), indigenous people, Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, carbon, land rights, palm oil, Papua, plantations, rain forest destruction, Sumatra, economy and business

(Deutsch) Blut für Öl

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Posted on 02:19 PM in Agro Fuels, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), illegal logging, Indonesia, land rights, human rights, palm oil, Papua, plantations, rain forest destruction, environment and climate, economy and business

Oil palm plantations? Carbon credits? Papua’s forests targeted

Down to Earth, November 2007

West Papua / forests:

Large areas of Papua’s rich and diverse forests are being targeted by Indonesian and overseas investors for conversion into oil palm plantations. At the same time, discussions are in progress to reserve large areas of Papua’s forest to generate carbon credits for trade on international markets. Decisions about these developments will very probably be made over the heads of the people who will be most directly affected by them: the indigenous ... read more

Posted on 11:46 AM in Agro Fuels, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Papua, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), mining, indigenous people, Indonesia, carbon, land rights, human rights, military, palm oil, Papua, plantations, Police, rain forest destruction, security sector, special autonomy, impunity, environment and climate, economy and business

Carbon dealers – Papua and Aceh

28 September 2007

Marianne Klute

Aceh and Papua have taken the initiative in Indonesia against global warming: They want to limit the destruction of tropical forests and thus reduce greenhouse gas emissions. They are negotiating finance mechanisms for forest protection, and Aceh has even decided to impose a logging moratorium. Nobody can predict whether those steps will lead to success. Two things are certain: They are challenging Indonesia’s climate and forestry policies, and they will cost industrialised nations ... read more

Posted on 06:43 AM in Aceh, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Papua, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: Aceh, agrofuel ("biofuel"), Indonesia, carbon, palm oil, Papua, plantations, rain forest destruction, special autonomy, environment and climate, economy and business

(Deutsch) Zwielichtige Geschäfte mit Suharto

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Posted on 04:47 AM in "In the Spotlight", Economy, Labor & Corruption, Indonesia, Publications
Tags: Germany, Indonesia, corruption, economy and business

(Deutsch) Mit der Lufthansa von Ambon nach Jayapura

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Posted on 07:23 AM in "In the Spotlight", Indonesia, Publications
Tags: Indonesia, USA, economy and business