(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

Is West Papua being eco-colonised?

Spiked, 02 April 2008

http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/4944/

A student writer believes greens are trying to preserve West Papua as an archaic backgarden for Westerners disillusioned by modernity.

Lee Jones

Independence movements, once determined to win self-determination by force of arms, have increasingly come to rely on appeals for Western intervention to win freedom on their behalf. Rather than demanding our respect as self-determining peoples, independence movements have learned to depict themselves as victims, to appeal to Western prejudices and paternalism ... read more

Posted on 04:45 PM in Indonesia, Papua, Publications, Regional Conflicts, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: development, indigenous people, Indonesia, conflict resolution, Papua, rain forest destruction, regional conflicts, environment and climate, independence

(Bahasa Indonesia) Tanah Papua: Paru-paru dunia yang harus dijaga

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Posted on 07:19 PM in Agro Fuels, Indonesia, Papua, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Indonesia, carbon, palm oil, Papua, rain forest destruction, environment and climate

Indonesia: The Government must act upon its international commitments to human rights

February 22nd, 2008

Aide-Mémoire 7th UN Human Rights Council 3rd to 28th March 2008

Since the beginning of its democratic transition in 1998, Indonesia has ratified several international human rights instruments, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESC) and the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT). While these steps are welcomed, Indonesia has yet to act upon the obligations ... read more

Posted on 04:22 PM in joint position papers, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications
Tags: Aceh, Indonesia, human rights, military, Papua, impunity, transitional justice, United Nations, truth commission

Forests in Papua: Data and Facts

26th January 2008

by Marianne Klute, Watch Indonesia!

Contribution to the Forest Conference of the West Papua Network in Witten

„The last frontier“ – that’s what the environmental organisation Telapak calls the forests of Papua. During the few decades, forests have been clearcut everywhere in Indonesia. Papua is the last region with surviving large continuous forests. In recent years, however, Papua has become a hotspot for the timber industry. The forest has been vanishing rapidly, and police measures against ... read more

Posted on 03:44 PM in Indonesia, Papua, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch's Studies and Reports
Tags: Indonesia, palm oil, Papua, plantations, rain forest destruction, environment and climate

(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) Einheit ohne Gemeinsamkeiten

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Posted on 03:58 PM in History & Overview, History & Overview, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, State- & Nation-Building, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Aceh, dictator Suharto, history and overview, Indonesia, conflict 1975 - 1999, East Timor, Papua, referendum 1999, regional conflicts, state & nation building, Sukarno, independence

(Deutsch) Watch Indonesia! – Ein Selbstporträt

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Posted on 12:00 AM in Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), democracy, Germany, Indonesia, human rights, NGO, East Timor, Papua, rule of law, rain forest destruction, environment and climate, dealing with the past, administration

(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