(Deutsch) Watch Indonesia! fordert Verzicht auf Biodiesel aus indonesischem Palmöl

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Posted on 03:18 PM in Agro Fuels, Indonesia, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), European Union (EU), Indonesia, carbon, human rights, palm oil, rain forest destruction, environment and climate

(Deutsch) Europas Energieprobleme nicht auf Kosten anderer lösen!

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Posted on 12:08 PM in Agro Fuels, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch's Press Releases & Statements
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), European Union (EU), Indonesia, land rights, human rights, palm oil, plantations, rain forest destruction

(Deutsch) Indonesien ist der größte Palmölproduzent der Erde

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Posted on 09:04 PM in Agro Fuels, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), labour, food security, Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, carbon, land rights, military, palm oil, plantations, rain forest destruction, security sector, Sumatra, economy and business

South-East Asia’s Peat Fires and Global Warming

November 10th, 2006

-for immediate release-

Joint Press Release by Ecological Internet, Biofuelwatch, Watch Indonesia! and Save the Rainforest (Germany)

At Nairobi, governments are debating the future of the Kyoto Protocol and action to prevent the most serious impacts of climate change. So far, they appear to have ignored to address one of the greatest single sources of carbon emissions: the destruction of South-east Asia’s peatlands and forests. The annual emissions from annual peat and forest fires ... read more

Posted on 12:46 PM in Disasters, Joint Press Releases & Statements, Indonesia, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: Indonesia, carbon, plantations, rain forest destruction, environment and climate

(Deutsch) Urwaldschutzgesetz abgelehnt
Handel mit illegalem Holz bleibt straffrei

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Posted on 11:52 AM in Indonesia, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: Government of Germany, illegal logging, Indonesia, rain forest destruction, environment and climate

Drop plans to burn palm oil in power stations!

10 Oktober 2006

Letter to Richard Frost and Anita Longley, Npower (RWE)

Berlin, 10 Oktober 2006

Dear Mrs. Longley, Dear Mr. Frost,

We are deeply concerned about your plans to burn palm oil in power stations under the Renewables Obligation. The Renewables Obligation is supposed to help companies develop clean, climate-friendly technologies and a viable domestic renewable energy sector. Palm oil is neither clean nor climate-friendly. For producer countries like Indonesia, the growing demand for palm oil turns ... read more

Posted on 05:06 PM in Agro Fuels, Indonesia, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch's Open Letters
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), Indonesia, palm oil, rain forest destruction, economy and business

Indonesia: Trouble At The Mill. UFS To Open New Wood Chip Mill

WRM Bulletin 111, October 2006

By Chris Lang

Later this year, United Fiber Systems plans to open a new 700,000 tonnes a year wood chip mill at Alle-Alle on the island of Pulau Laut. The mill is the first step of UFS’ proposed pulp developments for Kalimantan. The wood chips will be exported to feed pulp and paper mills in China.

For more than a year, UFS has been involved in negotiations to take over the 525,000 tonnes ... read more

Posted on 02:41 PM in Indonesia, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, pulp and paper, plantations, rain forest destruction, environment and climate

(Deutsch) Kahlschlag zertifizieren?

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Posted on 04:33 PM in Agro Fuels, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), poverty, indigenous people, Indonesia, carbon, land rights, palm oil, plantations, rain forest destruction, environment and climate, certification

(Deutsch) „Bio“diesel versus Indonesiens Wälder

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Posted on 05:06 AM in Agro Fuels, Indonesia, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), Indonesia, palm oil, plantations, rain forest destruction

(Bahasa Indonesia) Meneropong Indonesia

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Posted on 01:53 PM in democracy, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Politics & Democracy, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: democracy, German-Indonesian relations, Germany, Indonesia, human rights, NGO, East Timor, environment and climate