Information by country: INDONESIA

WRM BOOKS
Social conflict and environmental disaster: A report on Asia Pulp and Paper’s operations in Sumatra, Indonesia By Rivani Noor and Rully Syumanda - August 2006
Oil Palm. From Cosmetics to Biodiesel - Colonization Lives On Selection of articles published in the monthly electronic bulletin of the World Rainforest Movement, addressing the impacts of the oil palm plantations in the forestss. September 2006. Also available in Spanish
ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THE WRM BULLETIN
2008 Harsh conditions for women workers in oil palm plantations Killings by Perhutani in East Java teak plantations – a twofold perverted notion of joint forest management Destruction of forests by pulpwood and oil palm plantations drives climate change Call for Action against certification of Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper’s timber plantations INew report on the human rights impacts of oil palm plantation expansion Leading oil palm producer. Leading carbon emitter? 2007 Government Policy on Palm Oil Development The impacts of oil palm plantations on women Agrofuel from oil palm –the poor pay with higher edible oil prices The forest assaulted by the forestry industry Common Vision towards a stop to the expansion of pulpwood plantations 2006 HCVF assessments in Riau, Sumatra The HCVF Application in Indonesia Oil palm expansion for biofuel bringing more exploitation than development Trouble at the mill. UFS to open new wood chip mill World Bank/WWF experts look for new ways to subsidise plantations From oil palm plantations, with repression… Oil palm plantations encroaching on communities’ traditional land A call to cancel plans to develop 3 million hectares of oil palm plantations Expansion of pulpwood plantations including Acacia FSC dilemmas in the heart of Borneo: step-wise sand bag or sell out? WWF Wrongly Endorses Shrimp Farming in Aceh to Boost Tsunami Recovery! Deutsche Bank pulls out of UFS pulp project The insatiable appetite of the pulp industry 2005 Proposed UFS pulp mill threatens forests and nearby communities A national park, its failure and impact on livelihoods Illegal Timber in Indonesia: Experiments with Legal Verification The health impacts of living near Indah Kiat's pulp and paper mills Wonosobo forest managed by the community IMF and deforestation in Indonesia Investing in disaster: the IFC and palm oil plantations in Indonesia 2004 The Baduy people of western Java – living tradition NGO Coalition resists government push for mining in protected forests Palming the forest The Pulp and Paper Industry in Indonesia: A Growing Disaster The Contribution of Communal Ecosystem Management Systems The Nature Conservancy's plans in Komodo National Park Flood tragedy in Sumatra on account of road project 2003 Going for business with the CDM The Dayak People in the First Co-managed Protected Area Mounting opposition to mining in protected areas Growing pressure for mining in forests Reopening of Indorayon pulp mill encounters strong local opposition WWF report links oil palm plantations to widespread deforestation Report on paper industry's abuses on human rights 2002 The destruction of mangrove ecosystems Towards Community Forestry in Indonesia Changes and Challenges of the Community-Based Forest Management Movement The Struggle for Self-Governance The alternative approach of community forest management Gender impacts of commercial tree plantations Oil palm plantations at the heart of biodiversity destruction Pulp and paper company APRIL and forest destruction 2001 Good news from Indonesia on oil palm!!! Togean people defend their forests, lands, and ocean Mounting tensions over industrial shrimp farming ADB will not fund Mamberamo dam Mamberamo dam threatens nomadic tribes Paper production threatens communities and forests in Sumatra Million hectare oil palm plantation programme in Jambi A call for a halt in certification activities Pulp and paper industry menace in South Kalimantan 2000 The pulp and paper sector's unsustainable growth UPM-Kymmene and APRIL: The Chinese-Indonesian connection Is new legislation on oil and gas a solution? A new victim related to Indorayon Exploring the past and future of oil palm The bitter oil palm harvest The challenges of World Bank involvement in forests Deforestation and forest degradation in Borneo's forests 1999 New legislation, old problems Campaign against illegal logging in Indonesian national parks The struggle against oil palm plantations Indonesian Indigenous Peoples question new forestry law Dayak people win lawsuit in Indonesia New book on impacts of tree plantations in Indonesia Opponents to shrimp farming industry under arrest Indorayon's future in question Opposition to oilpalm plantations People take action against companies' destructive activities ABN Amro Bank clients protest against Freeport's activities in Indonesia 1998 Students break up meeting to promote transmigration and oil palm plantations in the Mentawai islands APRIL the troublemaker Violent confrontations related to Indorayon Conflict over oil palm plantations "Reform" times in Indonesia? Sawit Watch: an Indonesian network against oil palm plantations The struggle against Indorayon in Indonesia A depredatory economic "miracle" Local people burn oil palm plantation company's base camp The truth about Rio Tinto Timber empires collapsing Dayak’s tour seeking support SE Asia menaced by renewed fires in Indonesia Mining activities destroy the environment in Indonesia Mega-project in Central Kalimantan II 1997 Mega-project in Central Kalimantan I UPM-Kymmene and APRIL destroy rainforest An answer from Rio Tinto Indonesia’s forests in flames PT TEL's plan mounts protests Indonesian forestry incursions in Suriname Oil palm scheme in Siberut, Indonesia Indonesian forests under threat
OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION
Another Death at Perhutani's Hands: Villager Shot in East Java Teak Forest - From Lidah Tani, a local NGO based in Blora, East Java, Indonesia, which supports forest farmers. June 2008 Call for Campaign Action - February 2008 Civil Society’s Critical Response to Phase Approach Certification of 75,640 hectare Industrial Timber Plantation (HTI) of PT. RIAU ANDALAN PULP AND PAPER (PT. RAPP) – Pelalawan Sector in Pelalawan and Siak districts, Riau Province - February 2008 Losing Ground. The human rights impacts of oil palm plantation expansion in Indonesia - A report by Friends of the Earth, LifeMosaic and Sawit Watch - February 2008 PALM OIL FOR BIOFUELS INCREASES SOCIAL CONFLICTS AND UNDERMINES LAND REFORM IN INDONESIA - Open letter to theEuropean Parliament, the European Commission, the governments and citizens of the European Union. - By Sawit Watch. Bogor, 26 January 2007 Partenship in oil palm plantation; The mask of oppression - Yayasan Keadilan Rakyat (YKR) Propinsi Jambi, 2006 (pdf 224 kB) The Tree of Death - By Mandy Haggith, July 2006 Roobin Wood - Clearcut paper - APP, APRIL and the End of the Rainforest in Sumatra's Riau Province. Results of ROBIN WOOD research Jens Wieting, revised version, July 2004 The Untouchables. Rimbunan Hijau’s world of forest crime & political patronage by Greenpeace - February 2004 APP, APRIL and the End of the Rainforest in Sumatra's Riau Province Results of ROBIN WOOD research Jens Wieting, revised version, July 2004 Greasy palms - European buyers of Indonesian palm oil Friends of the Earth report - March 2004 Greasy palms - The social and ecological impacts of large-scale oil palm plantation development in Southeast Asia Friends of the Earth report - March 2004 Greasy palms - Palm Oil, The Environment and Big Business Friends of the Earth report - March 2004 Indonesia: Paper Industry Threatens Human Rights. Donors Urged to Act at Bali Conference by Human Rights Watch - Asia Division, January 2003 Oil Palm Plantations and Deforestation in Indonesia. What Role Do Europe and Germany Play? by WWF, November 2002. OilWatch Photo Exhibit. The Oil Flows, the Earth Bleeds. 10 Years of Resistance World Bank, IMF chided on Indonesian forests by Danielle Knight Certification & Indonesia: A Briefing by Down To Earth, June 2001 Illegal Logging in Indonesia, South East Asia and International Consumption of Illegally Sourced Timber, by EIA and Telapak Forests and the Neoliberal Economy: Lessons from Indonesia and Beyond by CIFOR and WWF's Macroeconomics Program Office, October 2001 Paper Tiger, Hidden Dragons. The responsibility of international financial institutions for Indonesian forest destruction, social conflict and the financial crisis of Asia Pulp & Paper by Ed Matthew - Friends of the Earth & Jan Willem van Gelder - Profundo Campaign Case Study: Dutch banks and Indonesian palmoil Focus on Finance Newsletter, March 2001 Timber plantations in Indonesia approaching the predicaments of a modern utopia by Nils Bubandt Tree Planting in Indonesia: Trends, Impacts and Directions by Lesley Potter and Justin Lee - CIFOR (sólo en inglés) Funding Forest Destruction - The Involvement of Dutch Banks in the Financing of Oil Palm Plantations in Indonesia by Eric Wakker (AIDEnvironment), Jan Willem van Gelder (Profundo) and Telapak Sawit Research Team, March 2000 The Hesitant Boom: Indonesia’s Oil Palm Sub-Sector in an Era of Economic Crisis and Political Change by Anne Casson Underlying Causes of Deforestation and Forest Degradation: Summary of Indonesian Case Study Togean People Kick Out Imperialists by Agus Faisal Down to Earth Electronic Newsletter: Quarterly newsletter of the International Campaign for Ecological Justice in Indonesia. E-mail subscription to Down to Earth is free, it is sent quarterly as an rtf attachment with no graphics. Contact us at dte@gn.apc.org to get on the list.
ACTION ALERTS
2004 - National co-ordinator of the environmental CAUCUS has been arrested by aceh military personnel 2003 - Save Indonesian Protected Forests from Mining! - Sign on letter to OPIC / "War on Terror" UNOCAL project 2002 - No Mining in Indonesian Protected Areas 2001 - Efforts to save last stands of RAMIN-trees 2000 - Jakarta Declaration for Reform of Export Credit Agencies
LINKS
Sawit Watch http://www.sawitwatch.or.id/ Habitat and Resources Management for the Kubu (Indonesia) http://www.warsi.or.id/ (in English) WALHI - FOE Indonesia http://www.walhi.or.id/ (in English and Bahasa) West Papua http://www.westpapua.org/ Down to Earth http://www.gn.apc.org/dte/ (in English and Bahasa) Tropenbos International - Indonesia Programme http://www.tropenbos.nl/