Agrofuels and the Myth of the Marginal Lands

September 2008

A briefing by The Gaia Foundation, Biofuelwatch, the African Biodiversity Network, Salva La Selva, Watch Indonesia! and EcoNexus

MARGINAL, IDLE, DEGRADED, UNDER–UTLISED, SLEEPING, WASTELANDS AND ABANDONED CROPLANDS: all of these are different terms for what is being promoted as the „solution” to the impacts of growing crops for agrofuels. Partly in order to respond to accusations that agrofuels (also known as biofuels) compete with food production, some policy makers have proposed that agrofuel crops should be planted on ... read more

Posted on 03:06 AM in Agro Fuels, joint position papers, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), Indonesia, carbon, land rights, plantations, rain forest destruction, environment and climate

(Deutsch) Holz-Monokulturen im Großmaßstab bedrohen das Leben

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Posted on 03:57 PM in Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: Indonesia, pulp and paper, plantations, rain forest destruction

(Deutsch) Widerstand gegen den Konzern Sinar Mas

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Posted on 04:26 PM in Agro Fuels, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: Indonesia, land rights, palm oil, plantations, environment and climate, economy and business

(Deutsch) Wilmar weiter auf Raubbau-Kurs

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Posted on 02:31 AM in Agro Fuels, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Indonesia, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Germany, Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, palm oil, Papua, plantations, protest action, rain forest destruction, Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), Sumatra, economy and business, certification

(Deutsch) Gut Holz!

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Posted on 11:37 AM in Agro Fuels, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, land rights, palm oil, pulp and paper, Papua, plantations, rain forest destruction, Sumatra, environment and climate

(Deutsch) „Palmölplantagen zerstören unser Leben”
NGOs kritisieren Förderung von Palmöl im EEG

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Posted on 10:33 AM in Agro Fuels, Joint Press Releases & Statements, Indonesia, Papua, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), poverty, Government of Germany, Indonesia, land rights, palm oil, Papua, plantations, rain forest destruction, environment and climate

(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

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