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Indonesia's last frontier - Indonesia is a democracy. But many Papuans do not want to be part of it (3 Jun 2010)
The Economist - [...] So far the government has refused to talk to the fractious OPM. Unless it changes its mind, it risks being unable to prevent the young radicals from kicking off a revolution.

Indonesia to Scrap Permits to Save Forests, Official Claims (31 May 2010)
Jakarta Globe - Indonesia will revoke existing forestry licences held by palm oil and timber firms to save natural forests under a $1 billion climate change deal signed with Norway last week, a government official said on Monday.

Shock and Uncertainty Over Forest-Clearing Moratorium (31 May 2010)
Jakarta Globe - Business leaders and even top government officials have been left surprised by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s announcement last week that the country would impose a two-year moratorium on the clearing of natural forests.

West Papua discussed in House of Lords, UK Parliament (30 May 2010)
UK Parliament - The following is a speech about the situation in West Papua made by Lord Harries to members of the House of Lords in the British Parliament last week.

Greenpeace hails SBY`s deforestation moratorium plan (29 May 2010)
Antara News - Greenpeace has hailed President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono`s plan to declare a moratorium on deforestation that he expressed before the signing of an agreement between Indonesia and Norway on forest conservation worth US$1 billion in Oslo on Wednesday.