Lapindo mud volcano in Sidoardjo

Suara No. 1/09, August 2009

by Marianne Klute

Translated into English by biofuelwatch, September 2009

The scale of the catastrophe becomes apparent only from the air: A layer of mud has covered sixteen villages, schools, rice paddies, even the motorway to Surabaya. More than 50,000 people who lived here until three years ago have lost everything. People continue to survive in tents. They see themselves as victims of Indonesia’s biggest environmental scandal.

End of May 2006: Lapindo Brantas, a company which ... read more

Posted on 09:51 PM in Disasters, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Human Rights, Indonesia, Mining, Publications, SUARA magazine
Tags: mining, Indonesia, disasters, land rights, Umwelt, economy and business

The Bakrie Group

Suara No. 1/09, August 2009

by Marianne Klute

Translated into English by biofuelwatch, September 2009

The Bakrie case offers an interesting insight into the intertwining of politics and business in Indonesia, a lesson to be learned about business practices in Indonesia, based on the exploitation of Indonesia’s valuable resources for the benefit of individuals and the lack of will to build a consolidated and responsible economy, and, last not least, provides data on the involvement of international capital in ... read more

Posted on 09:50 PM in Agro Fuels, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Indonesia, Mining, Publications, SUARA magazine
Tags: Asian crisis, Indonesia, Kohleabbau, palm oil, plantations, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Umwelt, economy and business

Bakrie Sumatera Plantations

Suara No. 1/09, August 2009

by Marianne Klute

Translated into English by biofuelwatch, September 2009

 

Case study: Bakrie and the attack on the village of Sei Kopas

All of the sudden the bulldozers return. They thunder across the fields and tear down whatever stands in their way. Farmers in their fields freeze in shock. Their rice harvest has been destroyed; young fruit trees have been uprooted. They are powerless against the machinery of the company Bakrie Sumatera Plantations and the hundreds ... read more

Posted on 09:49 PM in Agro Fuels, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Environment & Climate, SUARA magazine
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), Asian crisis, dictator Suharto, Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, land rights, human rights, palm oil, Papua, plantations, Police, rain forest destruction, Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), Sumatra, Umwelt, economy and business

(Deutsch) Kein Geld für Palmöl! Keine Schweizer Franken für Regenwaldvernichtung!

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German version

Posted on 03:36 AM in Agro Fuels, Joint Press Releases & Statements, Indonesia, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: Indonesia, palm oil, plantations, protest action, rain forest destruction, economy and business

Countdown for Survival: Global groups make an urgent call to end deforestation and conserve the world’s forests during UN Climate Talks

08 June 2009

Bonn, Germany – A coalition of youth, environmental groups, NGOs, Indigenous Peoples organizations and women’s groups delivered a plea to negotiators asking them to ensure a strong climate deal and warning them that they will put our survival at risk if they do not act immediately to halt deforestation and the industrial logging of the world’s primary forests (forest degradation).[Signatories and statement below in NOTE 1] “Survival is not negotiable. The climate deal signed ... read more

Posted on 04:59 PM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Indonesia, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: indigenous people, Indonesia, rain forest destruction, environment and climate, United Nations

Call for the immediate release of WALHI’s activists

14th May, 2009

To the Chief of Police Forces of the Republic of Indonesia (Kapolri)General Bambang Hendraso Danuri Jl.Trinojoyo No.3 Kebayoran Baru – Jakarta Selatan Fax: +62-(21)-3925527 General Bambang Hendraso Danuri,

Watch Indonesia! is a Human Rights organization based in Berlin, Germany. We have received information that the police in Manado has arrested Berry Nahdian Furqon (Director of WALHI – Friends of the Earth Indonesia) and Erwin Usman (Head of WALHI’s Regional Department ). The aforementioned Indonesian citizens were arrested during a ... read more

Posted on 12:08 PM in Indonesia, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch's Open Letters
Tags: mining, Indonesia, Police, protest action, Freedom of Expression, environment and climate

(Bahasa Indonesia) Hutan Tropis Dibagi Seperti “Kue” di Papua

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Indonesian version

Posted on 03:48 PM in Agro Fuels, Indonesia, Papua, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Indonesia, land rights, palm oil, Papua, plantations, rain forest destruction

(Bahasa Indonesia) Marianne Klute: Biochar Membahayakan Ekosistem

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Indonesian version

Posted on 03:15 PM in Indonesia, Papua, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: biomass, Indonesia, carbon, Papua, rain forest destruction, environment and climate

(Deutsch) Agroenergie schürt Konflikte – das Beispiel Indonesien

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German version

Posted on 06:19 AM in Agro Fuels, Activities, Indonesia, Papua, Environment & Climate, Events
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), Indonesia, land rights, Papua, regional conflicts

‘Biochar’, a new big threat to people, land, and ecosystems

08 April 2009

Keep ‘biochar’ and soils out of carbon trading Caution urged against proposals for large scale use of charcoal in soils for climate change mitigation and soil reclamation

Adding charcoal (‘biochar’) to the soil has been proposed as a ‘climate change mitigation’ strategy and as a means of regenerating degraded land. Some even claim that this could sequester so much carbon that the Earth could return to pre-industrial carbon dioxide levels, i.e. that all the global warming caused ... read more

Posted on 03:56 PM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: biomass, carbon, land rights, rain forest destruction, environment and climate