(Deutsch) Palmöl und die Rodung von Regenwäldern: ein Brief an Peter Altmaier

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Posted on 05:00 PM in Agro Fuels, Indonesia, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), European Union (EU), Indonesia, palm oil, environment and climate

(Deutsch) Palmöl im Tank: Offener Brief an Wirtschaftsminister Altmaier

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Posted on 10:01 PM in Agro Fuels, Joint Open Letters, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Open Letters, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), ArbeiterInnen, Government of Germany, European Union (EU), Indonesia, carbon, human rights, palm oil, rain forest destruction, environment and climate, economy and business

(Deutsch) Anti-Palmöl Ideologie in Europa und norwegischer Fisch aus der EU

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Posted on 04:55 AM in Agro Fuels, Human Rights, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), ArbeiterInnen, poverty, European Union (EU), illegal logging, Indonesia, land rights, NGO, palm oil, plantations, rain forest destruction, Sulawesi, environment and climate, economy and business

(Deutsch) Palmöl: Indonesiens Meeresminister geht an Land

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Posted on 03:26 AM in Agro Fuels, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), labour, German-Indonesian relations, Energie, Indonesia, Joko Widodo, military, palm oil, rain forest destruction, environment and climate, economy and business

Deutsche Bank must re-evaluate engagement in Maybank

Jakarta, Bremen, Berlin, 28. February 2018

https://www.watchindonesia.de/wp-content/uploads/180228-Letter-to-DB-on-Maybank.pdf

To: Mr. Stuart Lewis
Deutsche Bank Chief Risk Officer
stuart.lewis@db.com

Cc: Mr. Werner Steinmüller
Deutsche Bank Chief Executive Officer Asia Pacific
werner.steinmuller@db.com

Dear Mr Lewis,

A report launched today shows that Deutsche Bank is still profiting from controversial palm oil companies, despite its own policies and its participation in the development of the so-called “soft commodities compact”.

The report ‘Maybank: the single largest palm oil financier’ [1], by TuK Indonesia and Profundo, ... read more

Posted on 10:48 PM in Agro Fuels, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Joint Open Letters, Indonesia, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: Bank, Germany, Indonesia, land rights, palm oil, plantations, rain forest destruction, Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), environment and climate, economy and business

So predictable but still unstoppable?

In the spotlight, January 05, 2018

by Yvonne Kunz

 

Oil palm plantations seem to be a pest to Indonesian forests. Sumatra and Kalimantan are already plastered with vast plantations, islands that used to be vastly covered by forests. Research on the ecological and socio-economic impacts of this transformation has been conducted for years and years. While results are often complex and not always finding a common answer, data for the affected regions at the same time reveal ... read more

Posted on 01:17 AM in "In the Spotlight", Indonesia, Papua, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, palm oil, Papua, plantations, rain forest destruction, Sumatra, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, environment and climate

(Deutsch) Das gescheiterte Experiment

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Posted on 01:27 AM in Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Papua, Publications, Rainforest, Regional Conflicts, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: history and overview, Indonesia, land rights, palm oil, Papua, plantations, transmigration

Human Rights in West Papua 2017

ICP, 26 September 2017

http://www.humanrightspapua.org/hrreport/2017

[The fifth report of the International Coalition for Papua (ICP) covering events from January 2015 until December 2016 ]

More than 40 organisations in West Papua, Jakarta and worldwide have brought their analysis on the human rights and conflict situation in West Papua together. The executive summary of the 218-pages report explains how several human rights standards have deteriorated over the last two years. The report is compiled by the International Coalition for Papua (ICP) and ... read more

Posted on 02:41 AM in joint studies and reports, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Papua, Press Freedom, Publications, Rainforest, Studies, Environment & Climate
Tags: labour, mining, democracy, development, food security, women's rights, health, indigenous people, Indonesia, Joko Widodo, corruption, land rights, human rights, human rights defender, military, palm oil, Papua, plantations, Platagen, political prisoners, press freedom, Freedom of Expression, rain forest destruction, special autonomy, impunity, transitional justice, transmigration, environment and climate, United Nations, Verhaftugen, administration