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Amazon: social media in its push for a zero deforestation

Details: Published on Thursday, 17 May 2012 08:37

The environmental activist group has launched a "Brazilian Friend Finder" to support its petition drive to counter a proposal to weaken Brazil's Forest Code, which mandates how much forest farmers and ranchers are required to maintain on their land. If the petition gets 1.4 million signatures – one percent of Brazilian voters - then Congress must formally consider and vote on the proposal.

The Announcement

Details: Published on Wednesday, 16 May 2012 13:25

Imagine a company clear-cutting the last Sumatra rainforests. Imagine the environmental groups asking them to stop the conversion of rainforests into plantations, and meanwhile, bit after bit, the company keeping converting them, to reach the astronomical number of 2 millions ha deforestation, most of it being high conservation value forests, peatlands or habitat of endangered species, such as Sumatran tiger, elephant or orangutan. Then, suddenly the company announce with a lot of media noise that it will suspend the conversion. You would be happy, wouldn't be? But then, if you read the exact words of the announcement, you get an other reality: the company will suspend the conversion ONLY in the owned land. Is it a problem? Yes, it is, since the conversion is happening elsewhere, in public land given to this company in concession. This means: the conversion will keep going on, despite the clamorous announcements.

Indonesia's Environment Ministry to sue 14 timber companies

Details: Published on Monday, 14 May 2012 12:34

The Ministry of Environment vowed to bring 14 timber companies in Riau province which allegedly involved in environmental destruction to the court of justice following two meetings among related government agencies, a weekly magazine disclosed. TEMPO magazine edition of 22 April revealed a story of meeting in February and January 2012 involving the Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Forestry, and Attorney General Office. The meeting hosted by the Ministry of Forestry to follow up two recommendations letters sent by defunct presidential Task Force for Justice Mafia Eradication in August and December 2011.

Asia Pulp & Paper recruits the Prince of Darkness

Details: Published on Friday, 11 May 2012 15:52

The powerful British politician Lord Mandelson has been hired as a consultant by the controversial pulp & paper group Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), as reported by The Guardian. APP, one of the world largest paper groups, it is accused by environmental groups to have pulped up to two million hectares of Indonesian rainforest, endangering threatened wildlife and even the global climate.

New attack on Greenpeace in Indonesia

Details: Published on Tuesday, 08 May 2012 11:06

Last week Rudy Gani, the leader of the Aliansi Mahasiswa Tolak LSM Asing (the Alliance of Students to Reject Foreign NGOs), a student group, filed a complaint against Greenpeace with local police alleging that the green group had misappropriated up to 20 billion Indonesian rupiah ($2.2 million) from supporters. Rudy Gani presented no actual evidence of embezzlement. His charge was predicated on a comparison of Greenpeace's reported income with Gani's extrapolation of Greenpeace's income based on the assumption that all 30,000 Greenpeace members in Indonesia pay the standard monthly dues of 75,000 rupiah ($8). Both Indonesia Corruption Watch and Greenpeace quickly shot down the claims.

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