(Deutsch) Workshopkonzepte zum Thema Palmöl

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Posted on 02:23 PM in Agro Fuels, Activities, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Indonesia, Campaign, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: Biokraftstoffe, Nachhaltigkeit, palmoil, palm oil, Regenwald, Umwelt, workshop

Joint Open Letter to the Consumer Goods Forum – It’s Time to Stop the Fires and Deliver on ‘No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation’ Commitments

June 22, 2020

Dear Members of the Consumer Goods Forum:

Ten years ago, the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) made a commitment to end deforestation in member companies’ supply chains by 2020, with an emphasis on high-risk commodities such as soy, beef, palm oil, and pulp and paper. In 2014, additional companies joined this pledge as part of the New York Declaration on Forests. These commitments represented a recognition that deforestation is a serious environmental and social concern, and a major contributor ... read more

Posted on 07:15 PM in Activities, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Joint Open Letters, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Open Letters, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate

Letter to Asia Pulp & Paper: PT. Bangun Rimba Sejahtera (BRS)

17 March 2017

www.watchindonesia.org/wp-content/uploads/20170317-letter-to-APP-on-PT-BRS.pdf

Association with new suppliers in Bangka Belitung, PT. Bangun Rimba Sejahtera (BRS)

A group of nearly 60 Indonesian and international NGOs sent today a letter to APP director, Linda Wijaya, to express concern regarding a new possible supplier, PT. Bangun Rimba Sejahtera (PT BRS).

According to a recent NGO report, the company has a concession laying up to 85% on land used by local communities for their livelihoods. The report suggests that 100,000 people in West Bangka ... read more

Posted on 09:57 PM in Joint Open Letters, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Open Letters, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: Indonesia, land rights, NGO, pulp and paper, plantations, rain forest destruction, environment and climate

(Deutsch) Aide-Mémoire: Menschenrechte in Indonesien 2015

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German version

Posted on 04:09 PM in democracy, Justice, Human Rights, Indonesia, Judiciary & Administration, Land & Indigenous Rights, Papua, Press Freedom, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Society & Religion, Environment & Climate, Watch's Position Papers, Watch's Studies and Reports
Tags: Government of Germany, democracy, indigenous people, Indonesia, justice, land rights, human rights, Munir, palm oil, Papua, rain forest destruction, religion, impunity, death penalty, environment and climate, arms trade

The Future of Paper

28 April 2015

A short video on paper cosumption

  The Future of Paper (flv, 7.224 kB)

Posted on 02:56 AM in joint position papers, Indonesia, Position Papers, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: biodiversity, Indonesia, human rights, pulp and paper, rain forest destruction, environment and climate

EPN welcomes Asia Pulp and Paper’s commitment on forest restoration and conservation

28 April 2014

Media release

The Environmental Paper Networks (EPN) of Europe and North America cautiously welcome today’s announcement by Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) of a plan to work with global and local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to restore and support the conservation of one million hectares of rainforest across Indonesia.

With its announcement, APP commits to all elements of “The First Test”, a set of Performance Milestones developed by the EPN in September last year (1), to guide the ... read more

Posted on 11:43 PM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: indigenous people, Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, carbon, land rights, NGO, palm oil, pulp and paper, rain forest destruction, Sumatra, environment and climate, economy and business

Global Paper Vision

Environmental Paper Network, March 2014

Our Vision

We share a common vision of a forest, pulp and paper industry that contributes to a clean, healthy, just and sustainable future for all life on earth. We seek a world with new consumption patterns that meet the needs of all people while eliminating waste and over-consumption, where paper production is less reliant on virgin fibre and not associated with loss of biodiversity or forests, maximises use of recycled materials, respects ... read more

Posted on 05:17 PM in joint position papers, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: Indonesia, human rights, NGO, pulp and paper, rain forest destruction, environment and climate

(Deutsch) Für eine menschenrechtskonforme, sozial-­ und umweltverträgliche Außenwirtschaftsförderung

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German version

Posted on 03:26 AM in Economy, Labor & Corruption, joint position papers, Human Rights, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Environment & Climate
Tags: Government of Germany, human rights, environment and climate, economy and business

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

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German version

Posted on 09:43 PM in Agro Fuels, Activities, democracy, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Human Rights, Indonesia, Judiciary & Administration, Recent Activities, Land & Indigenous Rights, Papua, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Society & Religion, Environment & Climate, SUARA magazine
Tags: 1965, agrofuel ("biofuel"), labour, mining, Germany, food security, Indonesia, land rights, human rights, palm oil, pulp and paper, Papua, plantations, religion, Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), tourism, environment and climate, dealing with the past, administration, 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