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

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

(Deutsch) „Palmölplantagen zerstören unser Leben”
NGOs kritisieren Förderung von Palmöl im EEG

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Posted on 10:33 AM in Agro Fuels, Joint Press Releases & Statements, Indonesia, Papua, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), poverty, Government of Germany, Indonesia, land rights, palm oil, Papua, plantations, rain forest destruction, environment and climate

(Deutsch) Konflikt fördernd: Palmöl aus West-Papua

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Posted on 07:35 AM in Agro Fuels, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Papua, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), violence, Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, land rights, palm oil, Papua, plantations, rain forest destruction, regional conflicts, Sumatra, economy and business

Is West Papua being eco-colonised?

Spiked, 02 April 2008

http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/4944/

A student writer believes greens are trying to preserve West Papua as an archaic backgarden for Westerners disillusioned by modernity.

Lee Jones

Independence movements, once determined to win self-determination by force of arms, have increasingly come to rely on appeals for Western intervention to win freedom on their behalf. Rather than demanding our respect as self-determining peoples, independence movements have learned to depict themselves as victims, to appeal to Western prejudices and paternalism ... read more

Posted on 04:45 PM in Indonesia, Papua, Publications, Regional Conflicts, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: development, indigenous people, Indonesia, conflict resolution, Papua, rain forest destruction, regional conflicts, environment and climate, independence

(Bahasa Indonesia) Tanah Papua: Paru-paru dunia yang harus dijaga

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Posted on 07:19 PM in Agro Fuels, Indonesia, Papua, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Indonesia, carbon, palm oil, Papua, 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

Oil palm plantations? Carbon credits? Papua’s forests targeted

Down to Earth, November 2007

West Papua / forests:

Large areas of Papua’s rich and diverse forests are being targeted by Indonesian and overseas investors for conversion into oil palm plantations. At the same time, discussions are in progress to reserve large areas of Papua’s forest to generate carbon credits for trade on international markets. Decisions about these developments will very probably be made over the heads of the people who will be most directly affected by them: the indigenous ... read more

Posted on 11:46 AM in Agro Fuels, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Papua, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), mining, indigenous people, Indonesia, carbon, land rights, human rights, military, palm oil, Papua, plantations, Police, rain forest destruction, security sector, special autonomy, impunity, environment and climate, economy and business

(Deutsch) Straße in die Infektion: AIDS in Papua

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Posted on 02:18 PM in Human Development, Indonesia, Papua, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: health, Indonesia, Papua, environment and climate