Press release – for immediate release 5th December 2007 Joint press release by World Rainforest Movement, Watch Indonesia, Walhi Jambi, Grupo de Reflexion Rural, Biofuelwatch and African Biodiversity Network
Fauwaz Abdul Aziz | Dec 5, 07 10:47am | malaysiakini A people-centred and people-empowered Asean remains elusive, not least because politicians still assume they have been mandated to act without consultations with their constituents, said civil society advocates. Read more
ISIS Press Release 04/12/07 When ISIS organised its briefing at European Parliament in June (Scientists and MEPs for a GM free Europe, SiS 35), we already knew that one of our speakers, Irina Ermakova, has had her funding withdrawn because the results of her experiments (GM Soya Fed Rats: Stunted, Dead, or Sterile, SiS 33) […]
News and information about Aliansi Petani Indonesia (API) are now available online at http://api-indonesia.blogspot.com/. The blog is being maintained by API’s IT staff, Nur Hadi.
The following opinion column by Social Weather Station Founder Mahar Mahangas reviews the case of the Sumilao farmers and the difficulties of implementing agrarian reform in the Philippines. Read more
The following opinion column by former Philippine National Economic Development Authority Director Solita Collas-Monsod points to the positive impact of land ownership on poverty reduction and growth and the need to continue the Philippine’s Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) until the completion of its land distribution targets. Read more
Regional Implementation Meeting (RIM) for Asia and the Pacific for the sixteenth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-16) 26-27 November 2007, Jakarta, Indonesia
Advocates for environmental protection and safe agricultural practices have called leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to come up with concrete policies that are protective of the interest of and welfare of the small farmers in the Asian region.
