Open Appeal to ANZ, Standard Bank and BNP Paribas:
Stay away from the Toka Tindung gold mine on Sulawesi!

24 February 2010

We, the undersigned organisations, herewith express our deepest concern about the apparent interest of BNP Paribas, ANZ and Standard Bank to financially support the development of the gold mining operation Toka Tindung on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. The mine is owned by subsidiaries of Archipelago Resources; PT Meares Soputan Mining (MSM) and PT Tambang Tondano Nusajaya (TTN). Given the history of this project we are appalled that banks of such international standing seriously consider entering this project. ... read more

Posted on 01:47 PM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Indonesia, Mining, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: mining, Indonesia, corruption, human rights, protest action, rain forest destruction, Sulawesi, environment and climate, economy and business

Indonesia: The government must reign in on increasing violence and restrictions of free expression

February 2010

Aide-Mémoire
13th UN Human Rights Council
1st to 26th March 2010

After last year’s by and large peaceful general elections, Indonesia is internationally accepted as a democratic country that upholds fundamental human rights. Within ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), Indonesia tries to position itself as a regional vanguard of human rights protection, as last witnessed by its role in the creation of an ASEAN human rights body. However, Indonesia’s domestic human rights record continues to be a cause of ... read more

Posted on 12:30 AM in Aceh, joint position papers, Human Rights, Indonesia, Papua, Press Freedom, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: Aceh, Government of Germany, Indonesia, human rights, military, Munir, East Timor, Papua, Freedom of Expression, impunity, Tanjung Priok, environment and climate, United Nations, dealing with the past

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

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Posted on 08:06 AM in Aceh, Agro Fuels, Activities, democracy, History & Overview, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, Judiciary & Administration, Recent Activities, East Timor, Papua, Publications, State- & Nation-Building, Environment & Climate
Tags: Aceh, Indonesia, conflict resolution, human rights, NGO, East Timor, palm oil, Papua, protest action, referendum 1999, regional conflicts, solidarity, impunity, transitional justice, environment and climate, Administrative Procedures Act

Hazardous Waste is Not All Waste After All

IslamOnline.net, 03. December 2009

By Wanzala Bahati Justus
Journalist – Kenya

All the rumbling sound welcomes you as you enter BRAL Residue Treatment Company for recycling refrigerators in Berlin.

Inside the company, several old refrigerators are lined up on a conveyor belt, each waiting for its turn to be reduced into pellets and powder. In less than an hour, 50 of them will be crushed and transformed into several products. In a year, around 150,000 refrigerators will be ... read more

Posted on 06:43 PM in Economy, Labor & Corruption, Indonesia, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Indonesia, NGO, environment and climate, economy and business

(Deutsch) Produktion unter Polizeischutz

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Posted on 04:49 PM in Agro Fuels, Indonesia, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), Indonesia, corruption, land rights, palm oil, plantations, rain forest destruction, transmigration, environment and climate

(Deutsch) Greenpeace Besetzungsaktion in Riau und die Hintergründe

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Posted on 11:50 PM in Agro Fuels, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), indigenous people, Indonesia, land rights, human rights, palm oil, pulp and paper, plantations, Police, rain forest destruction, Sumatra, environment and climate, economy and business

Palm Oil Monocultures Will Never be Sustainable

November 02, 2009

Open Letter to RSPO and WWF

One year ago, the “International Declaration Against the ‘Greenwashing’ of Palm Oil by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil” was published, signed by over 250 organisations worldwide (http://www.regenwald.org/international/englisch/news.php?id=1070). Since then, the RSPO has continued to certify palm oil produced by companies which are directly responsible for violating the rights of local communities, for the ongoing destruction of rainforests and peatlands and other abuses against people, the environment ... read more

Posted on 03:36 PM in Agro Fuels, Joint Open Letters, Indonesia, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), Indonesia, palm oil, rain forest destruction, environment and climate, economy and business, certification

(Deutsch) Kahlschlag für Palmöl

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Posted on 03:55 PM in Agro Fuels, Indonesia, Mining, Papua, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), mining, violence, illegal logging, indigenous people, Indonesia, carbon, human rights, palm oil, Papua, plantations, Police, protest action, rain forest destruction, security sector, transmigration, environment and climate, economy and business

(Deutsch) Wir müssen unser Konsumverhalten ändern

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Posted on 09:26 PM in Agro Fuels, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), poverty, Government of Germany, decentralization, indigenous people, Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, conflict resolution, corruption, land rights, human rights, military, palm oil, Papua, plantations, Police, rain forest destruction, Sumatra, environment and climate, forced eviction

Countdown for Survival: Global groups make an urgent call to end deforestation and conserve the world’s forests during UN Climate Talks

08 June 2009

Bonn, Germany – A coalition of youth, environmental groups, NGOs, Indigenous Peoples organizations and women’s groups delivered a plea to negotiators asking them to ensure a strong climate deal and warning them that they will put our survival at risk if they do not act immediately to halt deforestation and the industrial logging of the world’s primary forests (forest degradation).[Signatories and statement below in NOTE 1] “Survival is not negotiable. The climate deal signed ... read more

Posted on 04:59 PM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Indonesia, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: indigenous people, Indonesia, rain forest destruction, environment and climate, United Nations