Full Coverage: South East Asia

18.11.2009 “Do we have to point out that the police are not supposed to take their orders from industrial conglomerates?”
+ Activists and journalists deported, detained and intimidated

16.11.2009 What a difference a day makes. I did bear witness, indeed, but to something altogether more inspiring ... to people power in its most direct form.

+ Message from Greenpeace's new international executive director

15.11.2009 Southeast Asian leaders agreed there was virtually no chance of finalising an internationally legally-binding agreement on climate change at the international conference in Copenhagen in December - and a proposed pledge to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 was dropped from the final statement of a summit in Singapore.
+ No time for Copenhagen deal, says Obama
+ No Climate Deal in Copenhagen Good for Green Patent Rights
+ EU must step-in to save Copenhagen from disaster

13.11.2009 The theft of West Papua's mineral wealth must end. The province's courageous resistance movement deserves nothing less, says John Pilger.

11.11.2009 The planned expansion of plantations in the Papuan provinces of Indonesia should be immediately suspended and reviewed amid concerns over massive deforestation and widespread exploitation of local communities, environmentalists warn.

03.11.2009 Certifying palm oil is not a solution to the environmental damage and human rights violations caused by oil palm plantations, an international environmental group said at a meeting of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil in Malaysia.

02.11.2009 An advert for Malaysian palm oil has been banned in the UK, dealing a major blow to the credibility of Malaysia’s palm oil industry.