No to deforestation diesel!

18 April 2006

Joint Statement of NGO-alliance
We are a broad alliance of human rights and environmental groups who reject the use of fuel gained from palm oil to the detriment of forest ecosystems.

The global boom in palm oil turns out to be a curse for the rainforests and the local communities living there: As a consequence, forests are destroyed, soil, water and air are poisoned by agro-industrial toxins, conflicts over land erupt and the people concerned lose their ... read more

Posted on 04:09 PM in Agro Fuels, Joint Press Releases & Statements, Indonesia, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), poverty, Government of Germany, European Union (EU), Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, land rights, human rights, palm oil, pulp and paper, rain forest destruction, Sumatra

(Deutsch) Indonesien: Land für den Tourismus oder für die Bauern?

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Posted on 03:37 AM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Development, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications
Tags: Indonesia, land rights, human rights, Police

(Deutsch) Bau der Zellstofffabrik nochmal überdenken!

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Posted on 05:23 PM in Indonesia, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, land rights, pulp and paper, plantations, rain forest destruction, government, environment and climate

(Deutsch) “Katastrophales Papier” Kalimantan – Insel der Zukunft?

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Posted on 03:50 AM in Economy, Labor & Corruption, joint studies and reports, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: mining, dictator Suharto, export credit agency (ECA), Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, land rights, palm oil, pulp and paper, plantations, Prabowo, rain forest destruction, environment and climate, economy and business

(Deutsch) RAPP verübt Verbrechen gegen die Bewohner des Dorfes Koto Baru

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Posted on 03:48 AM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: Indonesia, justice, land rights, human rights, plantations, Police, environment and climate

The Reflection of Proclamation on August 17, 1945

17 August 2004

Joint Press Release

“We, the victims of human rights violation, are taking a day off as Indonesian citizens, because our state hasn’t given the guarantee of the freedom and our rights as human”

Indonesia is still ailing from the crisis pain. Political elite are only worsening the situation. Corruption, insurmountable public and private debts and subsidy revocation, the development inequality between the capital and the rest of the country, a looming number of unemployment, forced eviction and ... read more

Posted on 09:31 AM in democracy, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications
Tags: labour, poverty, democracy, gender, Indonesia, justice, corruption, land rights, human rights, military, reformasi, impunity, environment and climate, economy and business

(Deutsch) Indonesische Polizei feuert auf Menschenmenge – Vier Tote – Schwere Ausschreitungen auf Flores

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Posted on 04:21 PM in "In the Spotlight", Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications
Tags: violence, Indonesia, land rights, Police, protest action

(Deutsch) West-Papua – ein langer Weg zu Reformen

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Posted on 02:54 AM in democracy, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Papua, Publications, Regional Conflicts, SUARA magazine
Tags: democracy, violence, Habibie, Indonesia, Indonesien-Information (renamed SUARA), Komnas HAM, land rights, human rights, military, Papua, political prisoners, press freedom, reformasi, regional conflicts, special autonomy, transmigration, independence

The industrial and agricultural project in the Mamberamo river catchment area in the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya/West Papua

Berlin, May 1998

The information was compiled with kind support from Down to Earth, London

The watershed and project area covers a staggering 7,711,602 hectares almost the same size as Java. Almost 100% of the area is covered by primary tropical rainforests. Currently it is classified as production forests (31.6%), conversion forest (29.6%) and protected forest (29.6%) and other categories (1.4%). Wildlife found in the area includes, crocodiles, tree kangaroos, cassowary birds, parrots and birds of paradise. The catchment area ... read more

Posted on 04:44 PM in Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Papua, Environment & Climate, Watch's Studies and Reports
Tags: mining, Germany, Habibie, indigenous people, Indonesia, land rights, human rights, Papua, rain forest destruction, government, environment and climate, economy and business

(Deutsch) Geiseln für das Weltgewissen

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Posted on 03:53 PM in Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Papua, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: mining, Indonesia, land rights, human rights, military, OPM, Papua, protest action, environment and climate, independence, economy and business