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New Hope for Ethical Fisheries: Fishers Movement Groups Applaud Adoption of Measures on Crew Labour Standards at the WCPFC21
Jakarta, 3 December 2024 (SBMI/GPID). At its 21st Regular Session held in Suva, Fiji, on December 3, 2024, the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC 21) took a landmark…
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RSPO Weakens Standard on No Deforestation, Misses Opportunity to Become Compliant With Incoming EU Deforestation Regulation
In its revised Principles and Criteria the RSPO has scored an ‘own goal’ by weakening its commitment to ensuring No Deforestation, its very raison d'être.
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Ahead of Prabowo-Gibran Inauguration, Greenpeace Urges Public to Speak Out and Monitor the New Administration
Through a creative video projection, Greenpeace Indonesia called on the public to #ChooseToSpeakUp for the protection and restoration of the environment, democracy, and human rights.
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2045 and Beyond: Will ASEAN Leaders Prioritise Environmental and Human Rights or a Dirty Economy?
6 Oct 2024 – As the region’s leaders chart the way ahead via ASEAN Vision 2045, it is imperative to ensure that human rights are at the forefront. We urge…
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South Sumatran Residents Sue Plantation Companies Over Peatland Smoke Haze
South Sumatran residents attended Palembang District Court this morning to register a lawsuit against three plantation companies over the chronic smoke haze that has blighted their lives.
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Papuan Indigenous Activists Present Quarter-Million Signatures to Supreme 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.
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Over 12,000 signatures urge PM Thavisin to make Thai PRTR Law a reality
Used as an environmental policy in other countries, the proposed Thai PRTR law can serve as a vital tool in disclosing public information and in seeking corporate accountability. The PRTR law promotes the community’s Right-to- Know.
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Fashioning a sustainable future
Fast fashion, the darling of the high street, is turning out to be a faux pas. While it democratizes fashion, it also weaves a problem that is comparable to oil and gas in terms of global pollution: the waste that it generates.
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ASEAN urged to provide implementing guidelines to protect Southeast Asian migrant fishers and ratify C-188
The ASEAN Declaration on the Placement and Protection of Migrant Fishers is an important first step towards eradicating forced labour and human rights abuses in the fishing industry, but the declaration needs to be actualised in order to make a difference. Together with Team 9, we want ASEAN to move the discussion forward and provide…
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Tricked and Failed
I could only hope that the Indonesian government finally hears our cries for help and acts on our behalf to strictly enforce laws to end the cycle of abuse. Don’t let any more migrant fishers fall victim to injustice. It should end with me.