Indonesia’s development dilemmas – a green info gap and budget pressure
Crucial to how Indonesia’s news outlets cover the environment – and its destruction – is the ownership and vested interests of the media landscape. Video: Al Jazeera ANALYSIS: By David Robie in Yogyakarta In May, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo of Indonesia raised eyebrows across the archipelago when he inspected the Trans-Papua highway while trail blazing […]
Read More →Tips for a Green Easter
MIL OSI – Source: Green Party – Press Release/Statement Headline: Tips for a Green Easter Who’s hanging out for the long weekend? We can’t wait! Whether you’re heading away or staying home, we hope you get to spend time with the people you love. With the weather looking damp in most parts of the country, […]
Read More →HSBC accused of being ‘dirty banker’ financing palm oil forest destruction
MIL Analysis+Reportage – EveningReport.NZ Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz This undercover footage by Greenpeace shows bulldozers destroying Indonesian rainforest. HSBC, one of the biggest banks in the world, is accused of lending millions to palm oil companies in the Salim group, which is claimed to be behind this destruction. British-based group HSBC, Europe’s largest bank, has been […]
Read More →Palm Oil Labelling: Possible Progress?
MIL OSI – Source: Green Party – Press Release/Statement Headline: Palm Oil Labelling: Possible Progress? On Friday, the Minister for Food Safety, along with her Australian colleagues finally looked at the issue of mandatory labelling of palm oil. We’ve been calling for mandatory labelling for years and we were hoping that the Ministers would agree […]
Read More →PKE Ship Sent Packing – Not Too Soon
MIL OSI – Source: Green Party – Press Release/Statement Headline: PKE Ship Sent Packing – Not Too Soon It is appropriate that the palm kernel expeller (PKE) ship off Tauranga has been sent packing. For weeks I have been saying this ship needed to be sent away, but it seems as if MPI has been […]
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