Oct - Dec 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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