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Hotspots expose gaps in Indonesia's forest moratorium
2013-06-24 05:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Eco-Business: Half the fire hotspots that are causing the severe haze in Singapore and Malaysia are in areas that should be protected by Indonesia`s forest moratorium, said Greenpeace International on Thursday. The environmental NGO said in a statement that half the hotspots detected between June 11 to 18 are in areas meant to be protected. This information comes after Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono extended the country`s forest moratorium last month, which aims to prevent new clearing of...
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Indonesia's Freeport accident probe unlikely to take three months
2013-06-08 03:37:18| Real Estate - Topix.net
A government-led investigation into the tunnel collapse that killed 28 people at Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc's copper mine in Indonesia should not take three months to complete, the head of the probe said on Friday.
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AWE completes drilling, testing at Indonesia's Lengo-2 appraisal well
2013-05-28 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Australia-based upstream oil and gas company AWE has completed drilling and testing at the Lengo-2 gas appraisal well, in the Bulu production sharing contract (PSC) offshore of East Java, Indonesia.
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Indonesia's largest coal plant will be built despite protests, minister says
2013-05-26 19:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Plants carbon emissions will top that of entire country of Myanmar and will threaten local livelihoods, environmental groups say. Indonesia will go ahead with construction of what is set to be its largest coal-fired power plant in Batang, Central Java next year, a senior government official has said, downplaying opposition from environmental groups and the local community. Developers have struggled to acquire the approximately 200 hectares of land needed for the planned PLTU Batang plant,...
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In landmark ruling, Indonesia's indigenous people win right to millions of hectares of forest
2013-05-17 22:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: In a landmark ruling, Indonesia's Constitutional Court has invalidated the Indonesian government's claim to millions of hectares of forest land, potentially giving indigenous and local communities the right to manage their customary forests, reports Mongabay-Indonesia. In a review of a 1999 forestry law, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled [PDF - Indonesian] that customary forests should not be classified as "State Forest Areas". The move is significant because Indonesia's central government...
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