In an exclusive investigation, the Ecologist Film Unit reveals the impact of Indonesia's plans to privatise its entire 90,000 km coastline
… Selling Indonesia's coast for cheap prawns and profit … Natural World Prawn Shrimp Mangroves Erosion Indonesia harvesting.jpg In an exclusive … the Ecologist Film Unit reveals the impact of Indonesia's plans to privatise its entire …
The paper giant has been accused by Greenpeace of destructive logging and green-washing. But campaigners are mistaken, says APP boss Aida Greenbury - the company is supporting REDD projects and putting sustainability at the centre of operations
… operations The recent partnership between Indonesia and Norway , designed to reduce … of the first stage of the Norway-Indonesia partnership: a two-year suspension … . The press release from the Norwegian and Indonesian governments stated: 'By 2014, the …
The Dayak Benua community of Muara Tae, Indonesia, are fighting to protect their ancestral forests from a mining company. The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency has now launched a campaign to assist
… TAKE ACTION to save Indonesia's indigenous peoples in the … And Economics Coal Power Indigenous People Indonesia Carbon 8singko dan … Benuaq indigenous community in Kalimantan, Indonesia looking at the coal mining area that …
We, the signatories of this declaration, are calling on the European Union (EU) to exclude bioenergy from its next Renewable Energy Directive (RED), and thereby stop direct and indirect subsidies for renewable energy from biofuels and wood-burning.
… Niger Attac France Belantara Papua Sorong, Indonesia Biofuelwatch, UK/US Biowatch, South … Chile Bumi Bhakti Persada Pasuruan, Indonesia Censat Agua Viva (Friends of the … Crocevia, Italy Dayak Voices (DVFC Borneo), Indonesia Denkhaus Bremen, Germany Dogwood …
A little-reported legal battle in Italy between paper company Pigna and eco-activists from Terra! is leading to fears that it may open the way for big companies to muzzle legitimate environmental protests. Mandy Haggith reports
… Revealed: paper giant 'linked to Indonesian forest trashing' targeted activists … March 2011 News Deforestation APP Activism Indonesian Forests APP Logging Investigations … Pigna sells paper made from rainforests in Indonesia, and in particular that they source …
Rainforests around the world and the wildlife they sustain have a rosier future after the European Parliament voted to limit the growth of biofuels such as palm oil in the transport sector.
… the jungle near Bukit Lawang in Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo: Nick Leonard via Flickr (CC … - notably in the EU's main supplier countries Indonesia, Malaysia and Argentina, where … should rise to 1.25% by 2020. "The people of Indonesia will be relieved to hear that the EU …
In an exclusive investigation, the Ecologist Film Unit reveals the impact of Indonesia's plans to privatise its entire 90,000 km coastline
… Selling The Sea – revealing Indonesia’s little-known plans to privatise … Natural World Prawn Shrimp Mangroves Erosion Indonesia Ecologist Film Unit Video … the Ecologist Film Unit reveals the impact of Indonesia's plans to privatise its entire …
The World Bank has released a report encouraging the Indonesian government to create vast timber plantations that would damage local ecosystems and livelihood, in order to encourage economic growth.
… Deforestation World Bank Friends Of The Earth Indonesia Deforestation World Bank World Bank … Bank has released a report encouraging the Indonesian government to create vast timber … in order to encourage economic growth. Indonesia's tropical forest reserves are the …
Two NGOs have accused the Indonesian Ecolabel Institute (LEI) of greenwash by handing ‘sustainable forest management certificates’ to companies converting natural forest or peatlands into timber plantations.
… Indonesian EcoLabel Greenwash, according to NGOs 3rd April 2009 News Indonesia LEI NGO Forest Watch Indonesia Campaigns Deregulation Politics And …
Campaign groups call for a suspension on lending to palm oil plantation developers after critical internal audit
… News Food And Farming Natural World Palm Oil Indonesia Politics And Economics palmoil.jpg The palm oil industry in Indonesia has been linked to illegal … largest producers of palm oil and based in Indonesia. Loans that should have been …
Plant fuels can never meet our current and growing energy needs and, as Robin Maynard reports, adopting a ‘carbohydrate economy’ may prove disastrous for our farmers, our food supply and our future
… of the maximum economic gain. Malaysia and Indonesia have cleared huge swathes of … human costs of the global biofuel market: ‘Indonesia has one of the highest rates of … rife. The island of Borneo, divided between Indonesia and Malaysia, has lost half its …
Living in the rainforest, tracking orangutans, protecting the swamp forest and fighting off swarms of mosquitos in 30 degree heat. For Matt Williams it was a childhood dream come true ...
… Williams | 21st January 2014 Ethical Living Indonesia Natural World Orangutans Biofuels … of the Sabangau rainforest in the heart of Indonesian Borneo. This area of 9,000 km 2 of … hours of the morning I followed one of our Indonesian field staff and a Western …
When it comes to oils we are spoilt for choice, with more than 130 million tonnes of oil consumed every year, according to the WWF. But with demand set to increase, what sort of impact is our appetite for oil having on the planet? And which is the green choice?
… Farming Soy Soya Plantations Deforestation Indonesia Malaysia Sumatra Amazon Brazil … huge swathes of tropical rainforest in Indonesia and Malaysia, which often include … more directly impacting on the rainforest in Indonesia and Malaysia. Any increase in demand …
A breakdown of how major countries compare on their success in attracting investment in wind, solar and other forms of renewable energy in the past year
… compared with the standard 30 per cent Indonesia Unlike all the above cases, Indonesia’s 2010 investment declined a … the lion’s share of this investment. Although Indonesia does rank 4th for 5 year growth, its …
Ten-year project will look at whether setting-aside natural forests within oil palm plantations can save threatened species such as the Orang-utan, Pygmy Elephant and Clouded Leopard
… 85 per cent of global exports coming from Indonesia and Malaysia. Decades of logging and … sign contracts 'Chaotic' legislation in Indonesia is allowing palm oil plantation … Mas admits breaking law by clearing peatland Indonesia's largest palm oil and pulp company …
A major investor in a gas exploration project which has set off a toxic mud-flow has washed its hands of responsibility for the damage caused to homes of thousands of Indonesian people.
… toxic mud-flow 21st June 2007 News Lapindo Indonesia Mud Mud-flow Toxic Mud Hot Mud … the damage caused to homes of thousands of Indonesian people. Drilling by mining company Lapindo Brantas Inc in Sidoarjo, Indonesia, triggered the unquenchable …
Rebecca is an ordinary woman with extraordinary ambitions, inspiring people all over the world and making 'Shift Happen' through her charity that creates free educational films
… natural disasters, palm oil plantations in Indonesia, the rights of street, stateless and … in Peru, access to water in India and Indonesia, and sexual slavery in India, … a thousand students in Canada, the USA, and Indonesia, and with the free release of our …
Investigative films on key environmental and climate change issues from the Ecologist Film Unit
… in Paraguay; and the planned privatisation of Indonesia’s coastline that would see the … Government Selling The Sea – revealing Indonesia’s little-known plans to privatise …
Palm oil is in our food, cleaning products and fuel. But it's destroying rainforest and contributing to climate change. Sustainable certification schemes have been set up, but campaigners increasingly question whether they work
… huge areas of rainforest in Malaysia and Indonesia are being cleared to make way for … Greenpeace has warned that the destruction of Indonesian peatlands in Riau province alone … of rainforest in places like Malaysia and Indonesia.’ Kenneth Richter concurs. ‘The RSPO …
Just as biofuels have gobbled up farmland that should have been growing food so the push on biomass by Monsanto, Cargill and others will see an 'unprecedented' grab on land, plants and biodiverse-rich forests
… giants target Africa in 'land grab' following Indonesia deforestation ban Indonesia's move to bring in a two-year …
Matt Adam Williams explains why yesterday's European Parliament vote will likely have environmentally negative impacts on the other side of the world.....
… the worst offenders, grown in countries like Indonesia, rich in tropical rainforests whose … factor contributing to deforestation in Indonesia, and new research by Friends of the …
Following the landmark decision by the Indian government to prevent Vedanta from mining on tribal land, the Ecologist reports on the other tribes - including the Penan in Sarawak and the Guarani in Brazil - facing similar threats but being ignored by the media
… the biggest shareholders in the controversial Indonesian logging and palm oil group Sinar … the mine, Vedanta Resources plc INVESTIGATION Indonesia wages war against tribe Armed and financed by Western corporations, Indonesia is waging a brutal war against a …