Campaigns : Pollution : Industrial Pollution Newmont has No Permit for Tailings Waste PT Newmont Minahasa Raya (NMR) had no permit for disposal of tailings waste between 17 April 2000 and 16 April 2001. The former Minister for the Environment, Sony Keraf, stated this when testifying during the court proceedings of WALHI’s suit against PT NMR in the South Jakarta State Court (26/07). Sony Keraf made this acknowledgement because on 17 April 2000, PT NMR permanently submitted their tailings disposal permit to the Ministry for the Environment.    more» | 25 Aug 2007   Campaigns : Disaster Management : Flash floods and Landslides Forest Clearing Caused the Floods and Landslides in Morowali Palu, Central Sulawesi – Flashfloods accompanied by landslides affected settlements in four districts in Morowali Regency, Central Sulawesi. From WALHI Central Sulawesi’s observations, this disaster was largely caused by the clearing of forests by investors and local Government as well as by the central Government, in this case, the Republic of Indonesia Department of Forestry.    more» | 25 Aug 2007 Campaigns : Pollution : Industrial Pollution The site manager witness admitted the fact that PT Newmont’s tailing has caused sea pollution In the last hearing (6/09/07) of Walhi’s claim toward PT Newmont Minahasa Raya, ESDM Department and KLH also as defendant --- Newmont Minahasa Raya has proposed three witnesses, two of them are local people and the other one is a Newmont employee.    more» | 26 Sep 2007 Campaigns : Pollution : Industrial Pollution Burned Down the Diploma and Stock Certificate, An Appreciation Protest for the CEO of Newmont Activists of environmental and human rights organizations performed a protest in front of the Marriot Hotel building in Denver on August 30th 2007. The reason was that the fact that Denver University gave CEO of Newmont Mining Company, Wayne Murdy, an award in human rights issue that very day. The annual award was called Bridge Builder Award, awarded to those who “stood out in building relationship between Colorado and the world, exceeding national boundaries”.    more» | 26 Sep 2007 >> View all Campaign Updates <<

Campaigns : Mining : Ocean and River Dumping Panel of Judges Failed To Meet Ecology Justice in Walhi vs Newmont Minahasa Raya Case Jakarta, December 18, 2007 – The South Jakarta District Court decision on case Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (WALHI) against PT Newmont Minahasa Raya’s (NMR) – gold mining operation at Nort Sulawesi’s Buyat Bay, Tuesday (18/12), failed to meet ecology justice, said Chalid Muhammad, National Executive Director of WALHI, after the court rejected all lawsuit of WALHI against NMR. On this decision, Walhi appealed to the court.    more» | 18 Dec 2007 Campaigns : Forest : Forest Destruction for Plantations Plantation Industries, Pay Off Your Carbon & Social Ecological Debt! Nusa Dua, Bali- The 13th Conference of Parties of UNFCCC is likely will gave corporations another credit in turning their unsustainable practice into profit by letting notorius forestry companies in Indonesia claim carbon credit from their industrial tree plantations. The trend needs to be exposed and those whose promoting mechanism needs to stopped the outrageous initiatives.    more» | 12 Dec 2007 >> View all Media Releases <<   Campaigns : Disaster Management IPC Dominated by the Audience Indonesian People Conference, started today, July 1st 2007, participated by more than 1800 participants from all over Indonesia. Participants came from various communities, mostly are plantation farmers and fishermen. Loud applause and yell have been heard since the keynote speakers delivered their speeches. The ambience getting noisy with screams while Ridho Syaiful Asyhadi, Executive Director of Walhi East Java, started to walk to the stage.    more» | 01 Jul 2007   Campaigns : Disaster Management The Opening of IPC was made lively by Tanjidor Group Indonesian People Conference (KRI) was opened at 09.00 WIB in Pilgrim Dormitory, Pondok Gede, Jakarta and was made lively by Tanjidor Group and teatherical action. This conference has a lot to say about issues that have to be dealt by the society as a result of miss management of environment executed by the government. The event was opened by hitting a drum made from bamboo and an emergency whistle to call out the participants to be getting out of the building for a while to make the event merrier.    more» | 01 Jul 2007 >> View all Events <<

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