JATAM Press Release, 23 October 2009
JATAM condemns the violence at a proposed Australian-owned iron mine;
calls for the protection of Kulon Progo's people and coastal ecosystem
While President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was celebrating his second inauguration in Jakarta as President of Indonesia on October 20, 2009, police brutality towards the people of Kulon Progo of Central Java for protesting against the Australian mining company PT Jogja Mangasa Iron left 41 people injured. What happened that day is one of many examples of how the government has put foreign investor interests above the local communities' interests. The Kulon Progo communities rely on agriculture as their livelihood. |
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JATAM Press Release, 16 October 2009
On Thursday, October 15, 2009, the State Minister for the Environment announced the results of environmental performance rankings of companies known as the Proper Rating System. JATAM - the Mining Advocacy Network- is shocked to learn that companies with a large ecological footprint operating in Kalimantan, Sumbawa, Aceh, and Papua have received blue and green rates. Unfortunately, the rating system has become a tool for greenwashing and the Ministry of Environment have become mere guardians for environmental criminals. |
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Press Release JATAM Kaltim - October 12th, 2009
10th Year of East Kutai Anniversary
(Samarinda, October 12th, 2009) Today the East Kutai commemorates its tenth anniversary. Currently 80% of East Kutai GDP depends on coal mining, which has been proved lethal. There are about 48 percent of its 203,156 citizens are poor. Surprisingly, about 45 percent of those populations inhabit areas in the vicinity of PT Kaltim Prima Coal (PT KPC) mine, owned by Bumi Resources, the largest coal scraper in Southeast Asia. Indeed, this tenth anniversary of East Kutai is more like to celebrate the gigantic scale colonization by PT KPC.
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