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) Grüne Seife gegen Palmöl-Greenwashing

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Posted on 07:01 AM in Agro Fuels, Indonesia, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), Germany, Indonesia, palm oil, rain forest destruction, environment and climate, economy and business

Palm Oil: No Thanks!

Berlin, 02 September 2013

Joint press release by Rainforest Rescue, Society for Threatened Peoples, Robin Wood, Urgewald and Watch Indonesia!

 We scrub away the palm oil lobby’s dirty greenwashing

Activists from Rainforest Rescue, the Society for Threatened Peoples, Robin Wood, Urgewald  and Watch Indonesia! are scrubbing the pavements in front of  two conference venues used by palm oil lobbyists in Berlin. The environmental and human rights organisations are protesting against today’s inaugural meeting of the “Forum for Sustainable Palm Oil” and ... read more

Posted on 03:42 AM in Agro Fuels, Joint Press Releases & Statements, Indonesia, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), Germany, Indonesia, palm oil, protest action, Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)

(Deutsch) Orang Utans in Gefahr!

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Posted on 05:00 AM in Agro Fuels, Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), Germany, Indonesia, palm oil, protest action, Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), environment and climate, economy and business

(Deutsch) Indonesiens Wirtschaft – anhaltender Boom oder neue Asienkrise?

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Posted on 10:39 PM in Economy, Labor & Corruption, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Mining, Publications
Tags: labour, Asian crisis, mining, Germany, Indonesia, corruption, economy and business

(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

(Bahasa Indonesia) Promo Pariwisata dan Wajah Buram Indonesia

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Posted on 04:05 AM in Economy, Labor & Corruption, Human Rights, Indonesia, Press Freedom, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Government of Germany, German-Indonesian relations, Germany, Indonesia, human rights, military, New Order, Papua, protest action, rain forest destruction, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, tourism, arms trade, economy and business

(Deutsch) Erfolg für die Ureinwohner Indonesiens

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Posted on 02:30 AM in Justice, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Indonesia, land rights, human rights, law, rain forest destruction, environment and climate, United Nations

(Deutsch) Orang Utans in Gefahr!

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Posted on 07:10 PM in "In the Spotlight", Indonesia, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: biodiversity, Indonesia, petition, rain forest destruction