No. 80 October - December 2004

Land

Mining in a state forest? This is Indonesia!
     The Forestry Law has not stopped mining in Indonesia's state forests - Dianto Bachriadi
 
Trees or people?
     
The interests of local people aren't served by keeping them out of national parks
    - Arianto Sangadji
 
The occupation of Dongi-Dongi
     Do resettlement failures justify deforestation? - Greg Acciaioli
The disappearing forest
     Orang Rimba assert their rights
 - Blair Palmer
Peripheral problems
     
Indonesia's decentralisation law is causing headaches in Dusun Belido - Andrew Steele
The magic of Alas Purwo National Park
     Alas Purwo is one of Java's last remaining sacred spaces - Inez Mahony

Rubbish

Jakarta's rubbish nightmare
    Mountains of garbage and nowhere to put it - Anton Lucas

Recycling in Sukunan
    
Australian university students led a helping hand - Lea Jellinek

NGO Campaigns

Genetic modification
    
Farmers illustrate their understanding of GM - Muhammad Riza

Endangered animals

Losing the battle
    
Owners of customary marine tenure are fighting for their livelihoods - Jayne Curnow

Turtle satay?
    
Attitudes towards turtle consumption are changing in Bali - Jenny H. Backstrom

Titiek and the bearded pig
    
In 2003 Titiek went on a pig hunting trip with a difference - Titiek Setyawati

Parliamentary Elections

Jepara's election
    
Money politics still reigns supreme - Jim Schiller

Education

A day in Flores
    
Teaching kids is about the little things - Jenny Iredale, Michael Edwards and Lorraine Shiel

Culture

More than just sex
    Three women authors take Indonesian literary world by storm - Michael Nieto Garcia

Zakir's demise
    
Protest poetry lives on in post-Suharto Indonesia - Keith Foulcher

Book review

The complex story of Freeport
    
Review of Denise Leith's The Politics of Power: Freeport in Suharto's Indonesia - David Tonkin

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