(Bahasa Indonesia) Administrasi Negara Atau Administrasi Pemerintahan?

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Indonesian version

Posted on 10:34 PM in democracy, Indonesia, Judiciary & Administration, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Germany, Indonesia, administration, Administrative Procedures Act

Watch Indonesia! supports Campaign on the 125th Anniversary of the Berlin Africa Conference

Berlin, 10 December 2009

Dear Friends and supporters,

We would like to inform you about the currently ongoing campaign on the 125th anniversary of the Berlin Africa-Conference. The struggle against the suppression and ignorance of  past human rights violations and demand to acknowledge and act upon Europe’s responsibility vis-a-vis the global south are central issues for Watch Indonesia!. Thus, we join the campaign’s call for commemoration, reappraisal and reparations for violations committed in the wake of German and European colonialism. Below, we ... read more

Posted on 01:47 AM in Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Watch's Press Releases & Statements
Tags: Germany, history and overview, Indonesia, East Timor, protest action, solidarity, dealing with the past

(Deutsch) Fälschungen und Originale

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Posted on 07:04 AM in "In the Spotlight", Publications
Tags: Germany, Indonesia, corruption, administration

(Deutsch) EU ausgetrickst:
Indonesien hebt Rodungsstopp von Torfmoorgebieten für Ölpalmplantagen auf

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Posted on 11:05 PM in Agro Fuels, Joint Press Releases & Statements, Indonesia, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), Germany, European Union (EU), indigenous people, Indonesia, carbon, land rights, palm oil, rain forest destruction, environment and climate

(Bahasa Indonesia) Mekanisme Pencalonan:
Demokratiskah Sang „Penyambung Lidah“?

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Posted on 11:41 PM in democracy, Elections & Political Parties, Indonesia, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: democracy, Germany, Indonesia, elections, Feneral Elections Commission (KPU)

(Deutsch) Wilmar weiter auf Raubbau-Kurs

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Posted on 02:31 AM in Agro Fuels, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Indonesia, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Germany, Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, palm oil, Papua, plantations, protest action, rain forest destruction, Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), Sumatra, economy and business, certification

(Bahasa Indonesia) Press release seminar „Reformasi Birokrasi di Indonesia“

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Posted on 12:04 AM in democracy, Indonesia, Judiciary & Administration, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: poverty, Germany, Indonesia, corruption, law, administration, economy and business

German Bank Pulls Out of Controversial Indonesian Gold Mine Scheme

18th January 2008

Urgewald + Watch Indonesia!, press note

The Indonesian province of North Sulawesi is a biodiversity hotspot and harbors some of the world’s most spectacular nature areas. Northern Sulawesi is also home to a series of gold deposits, the largest of which is known by the name of Toka Tindung. Plans to establish gold mining operations here have met with widespread resistance both from local inhabitants and the Provincial government, who fear that the mines would disrupt ... read more

Posted on 08:47 AM in Economy, Labor & Corruption, Joint Press Releases & Statements, Indonesia, Mining, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: mining, Germany, Indonesia, protest action, government, Sulawesi, environment and climate, economy and business

(Deutsch) Watch Indonesia! – Ein Selbstporträt

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Posted on 12:00 AM in Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), democracy, Germany, Indonesia, human rights, NGO, East Timor, Papua, rule of law, rain forest destruction, environment and climate, dealing with the past, administration

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