(Deutsch) Landnutzungsplanung in Indonesien
Regelungen, Chancen und Hemmnisse

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Posted on 01:56 AM in joint studies and reports, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: mining, Indonesia, land rights, palm oil, plantations, law, rain forest destruction, environment and climate, administration, economy and business

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

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Posted on 08:57 PM in Agro Fuels, Activities, History & Overview, Human Development, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, Recent Activities, Land & Indigenous Rights, East Timor, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Society & Religion, Transitional Justice, Environment & Climate, SUARA magazine
Tags: labour, poverty, biodiversity, Government of Germany, Germany, export credit agency (ECA), history and overview, Indonesia, José Ramos-Horta, land rights, human rights, East Timor, palm oil, pulp and paper, plantations, rain forest destruction, religion, Sumatra, environment and climate, United Nations, arms trade

Open Letter to Financial Institutions

06 November 2012

Dear Sir/Madam,

with this letter the 60 undersigned non-governmental organisations (NGOs) wish to ask you to carefully screen any pulp industry investment projects related to Indonesia, such as new mills, particularly those of companies associated with the Sinar Mas Group, notably Asia Pulp & Paper (APP).

Our concern is the environmental and social consequences of the massive destruction of natural forests that can be shown to be linked to past and current over-capacity in pulp milling plants in Indonesia. ... read more

Posted on 03:57 AM in Joint Open Letters, Indonesia, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: Indonesia, pulp and paper, rain forest destruction, Sumatra, environment and climate

(Deutsch) Indonesiens Unternehmerelite lässt die Puppen tanzen

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Posted on 02:42 AM in Agro Fuels, democracy, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Elections & Political Parties, Human Rights, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Papua, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: Aceh, democracy, Indonesia, land rights, human rights, NGO, palm oil, pulp and paper, Papua, political parties, rain forest destruction, religion, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, environment and climate, economy and business, civil society

(Deutsch) Holzeinschlag in Deutschland und Schutz der Tropenwälder

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Posted on 06:57 PM in Joint Open Letters, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Open Letters, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: Indonesia, plantations, rain forest destruction, environment and climate

Aerial bombardment of peasants in Sumatran village

Berlin, 23rd December 2008

Press Release

On Thursday, 18th December, hundreds of police and paramilitaries attacked the Sumatran village Suluk Bongkal in Riau Province with tear gas and guns. A helicopter dropped incendiary devices on the village, with eye witnesses alleging that napalm was used. Hundreds of houses immediately went up in flames. Two young children were killed and many people were injured. Most of the villagers have fled into the forest. Others have been arrested. Two days later, a helicopter flew ... read more

Posted on 04:31 AM in Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Environment & Climate, Watch's Press Releases & Statements
Tags: Indonesia, land rights, human rights, pulp and paper, plantations, Police, rain forest destruction, Sumatra, economy and business

(Deutsch) Der indonesische Tropenwald und die Klimaerwärmung

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Posted on 03:27 PM in Agro Fuels, Indonesia, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: illegal logging, indigenous people, Indonesia, carbon, palm oil, rain forest destruction, environment and climate

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

Conflict: Indigenous People, Palm Oil, Conservationist and Carbon Trading

Redamazon, 12 November, 2007

http://redamazon.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/conflict-indigenous-people-palm-oil-conservationist-and-carbon-trading/

Read the interview below, it is a good example of how the energy shift is going the wrong way. Everyone wants a piece of the Indonesian Rainforest: logging companies, palm oil companies, carbon offsetting companies and conservationist companies such as WWF. In the name of „reducing carbon emissions” some of these companies are taking over the rainforest without consulting the Indigenous People living there and without taking in account their knowledge of how to preserve the ... read more

Posted on 01:12 AM in Agro Fuels, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), biodiversity, Germany, indigenous people, Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, carbon, palm oil, pulp and paper, rain forest destruction, Sumatra, environment and climate

(Deutsch) Holzraubbau und Brandrodung bedrohen Sumatras Urwald

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Posted on 01:07 PM in Indonesia, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), illegal logging, Indonesia, disasters, palm oil, pulp and paper, plantations, rain forest destruction, Sumatra, environment and climate