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August 26, 2002
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(Belated, the ECA Watch web team is back from a
long [Northern Hemisphere] summer break, rejuvenated and ready to
deliver more ECA materials fresh off the stove.... Thank you for
your patience!)
Items
- 1 "Rio + 10" World Summit on Sustainable Development
- 2 Japanese Involvement in Indonesian Nickel Mining
- 3 ECAs and Indonesian Forests
- 4 Kalimantan Image Gallery
- 5 New Endorsements on the Jakarta Declaration
- 6 The first Hong Kong endorsement of the Jakarta Declaration
- 7 OPIC support of Sakhalin II in Russia
1. Special Addition: August 30, 2002
World Summit on Sustainable Development (Rio+10)
The Role of Export Credit Agencies in Sustainable Development
September 1, 2002 - 2-4pm
Heinrich Boll Forum At the Civil Society Global Forum, Johannesburg
Expo Centre, NASREC, Johannesburg, South Africa
Download the flyer! [html]
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What's New:
2.  Japanese
Involvement in Nickel Mining in Indonesia []
PT Inco is the foremost mining firm in Indonesia, whose mining activities
with support from JBIC, a Japanese ECA, have caused significant
human rights violations and environmental damage.
3.Double
Destruction - The Role of ECAs in Indonesia's Forests: From Pulping
the People to Looting for Palm Oil while Destroying U.S. Jobs
As the risks came home to roost, not only did Indonesian farmers
and Indonesia's forests pay a heavy price, but the blow was felt
harshly by American workers and their communities. [read
more]
4. See more
images from the ground in the Kalimantan
Image Gallery - Photos and text by JATAM, August 2002
Endorsements:
5. From August 2002, new endorsements of the Jakarta
Declaration will be introduced on:
www.eca-watch.org/goals/jakartadec_endorselist.html.
You too can submit your endorsement today, and show your solidarity
with those working to protect our communities and natural resources
against the harmful projects supported by ECAs! Contact us for more
details.
6. New
endorsement as of August 2002:
Asia Monitor Resource Center
- the first endorsement from Hong Kong.
Coming soon:
Japanese
translation of the campaign brochure on ECAs
US ECAs
section, featuring OPIC support of Sakhalin II Project in Russia
...and more!
View 'back issues':
August 02, 2002 - ECA Watch web team was on vacation.
July 19, 2002
July 08, 2002
June 14, 2002
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