There is considerable international concern at the rapid growth of the Freeport mine at Grasberg, operated by Rio Tinto Zinc (RTZ) in West Papua (Irian Jaya) over failures to address human rights and environmental protection issues. [...]
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A new study provides ‘incontrovertible evidence’ that the volcanic super-eruption of Toba on the island of Sumatra about 73000 years ago deforested much of central India, some 3000 miles from the epicentre, researchers [...] Sumatra island is dominated by a mountain range locally called Bukit Barisan. This mountain range spans nearly 1700 km from the north to the south of the island,and it was formed by movement of the Australian tectonic [...] In the letter, the Congressmen noted that dozens of prominent leaders and organizations in West Papua , as well as key Indonesian leaders and intellectuals support such a dialogue, which would be analogous to one successfully held in [...] However, when we caught up with the boys on Monday, they were most keen to show us their new song about West Papua . [...] When my buddy and I were looking for a place to dive in Indonesia, we were told about North Sulawesi and Bunaken Marine Park. The diversity of life found in that area has a reputation of being far and away an excellent choice for world [...] The year-end championships in Bali this week are kind of an artificially-created “championships”, sort of like the tennis equivalent of a second division soccer championship or the Triple-A World Series for the next-best group after the [...] The year-end championships in Bali this week are kind of an artificially-created “championships”, sort of like the tennis equivalent of a second division soccer championship or the Triple-A World Series for the next-best group after the [...] |
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