The RSPO challenged in Honduras and Germany

WRM Bulletin 193, September 11, 2013

Millions of hectares of industrial oil palm plantations have been expanding in many countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America with a well documented history of tropical deforestation – including enormous fires – and a sad toll of human rights violations.

However, the powerful interests behind this business continue actively promoting this crop, against a background of growing opposition at the local level.

Within this context the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) was created. ... read more

Posted on 01:42 AM in Agro Fuels, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Germany, Indonesia, land rights, human rights, palm oil, protest action, rain forest destruction, Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), certification

(Deutsch) Außer Kontrolle? Palmölanbau in Indonesien

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Posted on 04:07 AM in Agro Fuels, Activities, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: labour, Government of Germany, Germany, Forum für nachhaltiges Palmöl (FONAP), Indonesia, land rights, human rights, NGO, palm oil, plantations, rain forest destruction, Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)

(Deutsch) Streit über Ökosiegel für Palmöl

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Posted on 03:29 AM in Agro Fuels, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), Germany, Indonesia, land rights, palm oil, plantations, protest action, rain forest destruction, environment and climate, economy and business, certification

Addressing the impacts of the EU’s agrofuels policies on Indonesia

September 4th, 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 10:19 PM in Agro Fuels, Economy, Labor & Corruption, joint position papers, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), European Union (EU), Indonesia, land rights, human rights, plantations, rain forest destruction, environment and climate, crimes against humanity, economy and business

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) 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) Sein und Schein: die Umsetzung des Zivilpakts in Indonesien

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Posted on 11:47 PM in Aceh, Justice, Human Rights, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Land & Indigenous Rights, Papua, Publications, Society & Religion
Tags: Aceh, women's rights, indigenous people, Indonesia, children's rights, Komnas HAM, human rights, Papua, Police, law, Freedom of Expression, religion, special autonomy, United Nations, constitutional court, female genital mutilation (FGM)

(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) May Day oder Mayday in Papua?

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Posted on 05:45 PM in Aceh, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Human Rights, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Land & Indigenous Rights, Papua, Publications, Regional Conflicts
Tags: Abdurrahman Wahid, Aceh, labour, Government of Germany, Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM), Indonesia, human rights, Police, regional conflicts, security sector, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, independence, United Nations, arms trade

(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