INDONESIAN MILITARY INVOLVEMENT WITH AGGRESSIVE MINING, ILLEGAL LOGGING AND ILLEGAL FISHING IN THE MOLUCCAS
"The Indonesian government's planned reforms are totally inadequate ... The law says the government needs to get the military out of these businesses, but instead they will be allowed to remain in military hands. Promising to monitor them more closely simply isn't good enough." Lisa Misol, senior researcher in the Business and Human Rights Program at Human Rights Watch "The Indonesian government says it wants to professionalize its military, but we’ve seen little evidence of real change. Troops are breaking the law, violating human rights and hiding the money they make on the side. Military reform means getting soldiers out of business and prosecuting those who broke the law."Lisa Misol, researcher with the Business and Human Rights Program at Human Rights Watch - June 21, 2006 “Unkept Promise” Failure to End Military Business Activity in Indonesia January 12, 2010
This 20-page report provides a detailed critique of a presidential decree and Defense Ministry regulations addressing military involvement in businesses that were issued in October 2009. It finds that these measures do not satisfy the
requirement in a 2004 law that the government fully divest the armed forces of its business interests as a means to promote military professionalism and civilian control. | Too High a Price The Human Rights Cost of the Indonesian Military’s Economic Activities - June 20, 2006  This 136-page report is the most comprehensive account to date of the harmful effect on civilians of the armed forces' involvement in business. Human Rights Watch calls on the Indonesian government to ban all military businesses,reform the budget process, and hold military personnel accountable for crimes.
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Senin, 4 Juli 2011 Justice for indigenous people 19 April 2011 It is difficult to stop illegal logging in Indonesia. Carbon trading is against the rights of indigenous people. Warga Pulau Seram menemukan ribuan ton kayu ilegal di pantai Pulau Seram, Kabupaten Seram Timur, Maluku. 25/06/2010 Pembalakan Hutan di Pulau Seram Makin Marak 2010-04-18 Indonesian military behind illegal logging: study AFP Jan 29, 2010 Illegal Logging Diduga Masih Berlangsung Di Kecamatan Batabual, Pulau Buru 23-Mei-2008 Illegal logging damages 1.6 mln hectares of forests a year in Indonesia Xinhua via COMTEX News Network 2008-07-30 Illegal logging damages between 1. 6 million and 2.4 million hectares of forests in Indonesia annually. 'The factors that encourage illegal logging activity include weak law enforcement, weak forest control, political Continue. Indonesia Plays Down Threat To Forests From Mining March 19, 2008 There is Still Military in the Forest 27 June 2007 By Rully Syumanda Security forces have become one of the parties profiting from various national forestry policies. The military/police have played an important role in consolidating and attempting to maintain New Order power, as well as their business interests, resulting in a conflict of interest in the enforcement of laws passed to regulate industry. Indonesian forest destruction - corruption plays a role 25 Nov 2006 IMF and deforestation in Indonesia WRM's bulletin Nº 95, June 2005 Plundering Indonesia's Rainforests October 1990  Unloading Moluccan plywood at a Japanese harbour
The human consequences of deforestation in the Moluccas
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