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Court Hears of Awyu Women’s Dependence on Customary Forest Land
Awyu woman Antonia Noyagi told the court of her people’s forestland management practices, and her fear that destroying the forest to make way for a corporate plantation will impact Awyu women above all others.
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Witnesses tell of intimidation against indigenous landowners, refute palm oil company claims in West Papuan Environment Lawsuit
Kasimus Awe of the Auyu People explained to the Jayapura State Administrative Court what he described as intimidation directed towards opponents of the company plans. Meanwhile Arief Rossi Ramadhan described the process carried out to set down on paper the boundaries of their traditional land.
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The Versatile and Indispensable Nibung Tree: Courtroom Testimony of Indigenous Auyu Fighting to Save Their Forest from Palm Oil
Gergorius Yame and Hendrikus Woro packed their bags to travel from West Papua to take the stand in a Jakarta courtroom, they brought items of evidence in the form of customary forest products – loincloths, motu bark bags, Nibung tree fronds and sago.
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Greenpeace to ASEAN: No time to waste, act on transboundary haze
ASEAN ministers must do away with national pride issues and use the next two days to strengthen and improve the regional roadmap on Transboundary Haze to protect ASEAN citizens and hold businesses and industries accountable for fanning the flames
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Sea sand export returns after a 20 year ban
The Indonesian government had previously banned the export of sea sand. In February 2003, the Minister of Industry and Trade, the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, and the Minister of the Environment issued a joint decree which regulated this matter. At that time, the decree was made to prevent environmental damage leading to the…
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Greenpeace calls for climate reparations as country braces for impacts from Typhoon Mawar
The Philippine government must demand reparations for losses and damages from fossil fuel companies. At the same time governments around the world must ensure that these companies undertake a fast and fair transition away from fossil fuels, and pay up for their role in climate disasters.
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Greenpeace International unveils giant art installation ahead of Global Plastic Treaty talks
The installation includes a representation of a giant oil rig powering an endless plastic supply chain, highlighting how 99% of plastics are made from fossil fuels and pollute across their entire lifecycle.
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UN urged to stop the fossil fuel industry sabotaging new Global Plastic Treaty
With this letter we are urging the UN to listen to the millions of people around the world who want an end to plastic pollution, rather than the interests of the oil and gas lobby.
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Greenpeace on ASEAN’s historic declaration on migrant fishers protection
The declaration is considered a milestone especially for developing countries in Southeast Asia like Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines which are considered the world’s biggest “supplier” of migrant fishers as ship crew to the global fishing industry. This victory is not only for migrant workers rights activists, but also for all Southeast Asian migrant fishers.
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Auyu environmental warriors bring Papuan forest fight to Jakarta court
Brandishing shields, bows, and legal dossiers, Auyu environmental warriors today took the fight for their traditional land from the forests of South Papua into a Jakarta courtroom.