Addressing the impacts of the EU’s agrofuels policies on Indonesia

04 September 2013

Rocketing carbon emissions; forests burned or bulldozed and wildlife habitats destroyed; the livelihoods of forest-dependent peoples devastated, their ancestral lands taken without consent. In Indonesia, the devastating costs of the EU’s agrofuel revolution are clear and it is time Europe took responsibility.

In September 2013, international campaigners Nur Hidayati of Walhi (Friends of the Earth Indonesia) and Bondan Andriyanu of Sawit Watch („Oil Palm Watch“) join EU NGOs to present this message to EU decision-makers. They show what life ... read more

Posted on 04:43 AM in Agro Fuels, joint position papers, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), European Union (EU), Indonesia, carbon, land rights, NGO, palm oil, plantations, rain forest destruction, environment and climate

(Deutsch) Forum Nachhaltiges Palmöl gegründet

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Posted on 09:31 PM in Agro Fuels, Human Rights, Indonesia, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), democracy, Germany, Indonesia, human rights, palm oil, plantations, Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), environment and climate, economy and business, certification

(Deutsch) Streit um Palmöl geht in die nächste Runde

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Posted on 08:59 PM in Agro Fuels, Human Rights, Indonesia, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), democracy, Indonesia, human rights, palm oil, plantations, protest action, rain forest destruction, environment and climate, economy and business

Pulp trade with APRIL – Indonesia’s lead driver of deforestation for pulp

Berlin, 11. April 2013

Dear Mr. Krengel,

ending deforestation is a global priority for many environmental organisations including the European Environmental Paper Network, Greenpeace, Robin Wood and Watch Indonesia!. We campaign on the global drivers of deforestation including soy, palm oil, cattle and pulp & paper. Over the last decade, our campaigns have succeeded in initiating agreements to end deforestation with the main players in both the soya and cattle sector in Brazil. Within Indonesia, we have been instrumental in influencing ... read more

Posted on 08:20 PM in Economy, Labor & Corruption, Joint Open Letters, Indonesia, Open Letters, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: Germany, Indonesia, pulp and paper, plantations, rain forest destruction, environment and climate, economy and business

(Deutsch) Landnutzungsplanung in Indonesien
Regelungen, Chancen und Hemmnisse

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Posted on 01:56 AM in joint studies and reports, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: mining, Indonesia, land rights, palm oil, plantations, law, rain forest destruction, environment and climate, administration, economy and business

(Bahasa Indonesia) Tawaran Utuh Pariwisata Indonesia?

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Posted on 07:30 PM in Economy, Labor & Corruption, Indonesia, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Germany, Indonesia, plantations, protest action, rain forest destruction, tourism, environment and climate

(Deutsch) Angesagt – aus der Arbeit von Watch Indonesia!

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Posted on 08:57 PM in Agro Fuels, Activities, History & Overview, Human Development, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, Recent Activities, Land & Indigenous Rights, East Timor, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Society & Religion, Transitional Justice, Environment & Climate, SUARA magazine
Tags: labour, poverty, biodiversity, Government of Germany, Germany, export credit agency (ECA), history and overview, Indonesia, José Ramos-Horta, land rights, human rights, East Timor, palm oil, pulp and paper, plantations, rain forest destruction, religion, Sumatra, environment and climate, United Nations, arms trade

Open letter to the Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on the occasion of his visit to the United Kingdom

London, 31st of October 2012

Conservation of the rainforest

Dear President Yudhoyono,

On the occasion of your visit to Europe, we write this open letter appealing to you to support the conservation of the rainforest with all your power and to protect the inhabitants of forested lands as well as their rights.

Industrial logging, the establishment of palm-oil plantations, and the planting of fast-growing species of trees such as acacia for the wood and paper industries are the major causes of rainforest ... read more

Posted on 07:26 AM in Joint Open Letters, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: indigenous people, Indonesia, carbon, land rights, palm oil, pulp and paper, plantations, rain forest destruction, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, environment and climate

(Deutsch) Angesagt – aus der Arbeit von Watch Indonesia!

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Posted on 08:14 PM in Agro Fuels, Activities, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Human Development, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, Recent Activities, Land & Indigenous Rights, East Timor, Papua, Publications, Rainforest, State- & Nation-Building, Transitional Justice, Environment & Climate, Watch's Studies and Reports, SUARA magazine
Tags: Germany, Indonesia, land rights, human rights, East Timor, palm oil, Papua, plantations, rain forest destruction, state & nation building, Sumatra, tourism, United Nations, dealing with the past, economy and business

(Deutsch) Palmöl: „vermischt mit dem Blut von Mutter Erde“

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Posted on 12:49 AM in Agro Fuels, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: biodiversity, Germany, Indonesia, corruption, land rights, human rights, military, palm oil, plantations, rain forest destruction, security sector, environment and climate, economy and business