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RIMM letter for Indonesian Government PDF Print E-mail

06 July 2010; BAGUIO CITY, PHILIPPINES

WE, women and member organizations of the INTERNATIONAL WOMEN AND MINING NETWORK (RED INTERNACIONAL 'MUJERES Y MINERIA') (“RIMM”), join Philippine citizens, activists and civil society organizations in denouncing the reported unwarranted arrest and interrogation of environmental activists from China, India, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines, made yesterday by Indonesian police in the state of West Java.

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MIGA Threatens Biodiversity Halmahera Island PDF Print E-mail

Joint Press Release  Coalition Against PT Weda Bay Nickel and MIGA, July 8, 2010

Jakarta, July 8, 2010. Year 2010 declared by the United Nations (UN) as the International Year of Biodiversity (International Year of Biodiversity or IYB), with the theme "Biodiversity is Life, Biodiversity Is Our Life."
 
A major report, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (March 2005) also highlighted the huge losses from the loss of biodiversity on earth, with 10-30% of mammals, birds, and amphibians threatened with extinction, due to human actions, including mining activities. International
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JATAM and The New Move To Debunk Destructiveness of Mining Industry PDF Print E-mail



The Cisarua Declaration is a call to wide public by the community from Aceh to Papua who are part of JATAM resistance and campaign whom their life space have long been destroyed and continuing to experience impoverishment and dehumanisation as citizens by the government-backed mining and energy industry. The Cisarua Declaration firmly urges that extraction of nature wealth should primarily to meet the needs of the Indonesian people to live in dignity. JATAM primary agenda is to act for the greater sake of safety and security of the people, recoverability of people productivity and the sustenance of the nature functions.



Therefore, JATAM urges to wide public to demand to stop all mining operation in Indonesia until all the public sectors can secure safety and security of the people, recoverability of people productivity and the sustenance of the nature functions.

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Toka Tindung gold mine, The Tainted Gold PDF Print E-mail
Five reasons not to buy shares in the Toka Tindung gold mine project, May 12, 2010

We, the undersigned organisations, herewith like to express our deepest concern about your financial involvement in the Toka Tindung gold mine, which is a highly controversial one, and in the mining company Archipelago Resources. We urge all investors to withdraw from this project and company, because of the risks posed by the project to local communities and the people of North Sulawesi in general, as well as the risks involved for investors. Here are five strong reasons to disinvest from the Toka Tindung gold mine project and Archipelago Resources:
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Five Good Reasons for Not Buying the Shares of Toka Tindung - Archipelago / Australia Gold Mine Proj PDF Print E-mail
Joint Press Release JATAM - WALHI - KIARA - AMMALTA - YSN, 3 March 2010

On 26 February 2010, Archipelago Resources PLC / Australia - announced the soon published of around 102 million shares for 0.3 pound sterling per share. They were trying to raise around Rp. 459 billion of fund to finance its gold mine in Toka Tindung, North Sulawesi. The mine had been having controversies, starting from its waste risks which would be dumped into the sea, the out of date EIA up to the rejection of thousands of fishermen to the mining operation plan. Now, Archipelago Resources the owner of PT Meares Soputan Maning (MSN) and PT Tambang Tondano Nusajaya (TTN). The London AIM listed company planned to hold its share public offering on 4 March 2010.
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