Becoming an Activist, a Story of a Former Illegal Miner
Novi, not her real name, was an illegal miner. Now, she is surprisingly interested in participating in overseeing mining activities around where she lives, in Central Lombok…
Workshop on Using Global Forest Watch for Forest Preservation in West Papua
Forests in West Papua are the last frontier or the last hope of forests in Indonesia, so it is important to ensure that forests in Papua remain green. As an effort to conserve the…
Extractive Industry Governance in Restrain Climate Change
Forest and land management has been the government’s concern. This is indicated by various national policy, including the moratorium policy on the issuance of new permit in…
Workshop on Extractive Industry Data Transparency for Journalist and Civil Society Organization
The benefits of public information disclosure can be measured by how much the user's attention in knowing, utilizing, and giving feedback to the provided system. This principle is…
Improving People’s Live Around Mining Areas: Open Up Access to Information & Participation
The government of West Nusa Tenggara Province issued a Local Government Regulation on Mining Governance in September 2019. In this newly-issued regulation, there is a specific…
Impact of Omnibus Law on the Mining and Natural Resources Sector
Joko Widodo in his inauguration speech as President of Republic Indonesia for the period of 2019-2024 said that he would propose the issuance of two major laws, namely the…
Improvement of Community Capacity in Mining Monitoring in West Nusa Tenggara Province
Community involvement and active participation is very much needed in the supervision of mining activities, bearing in mind that mining activities can trigger environmental…
Sedulur Kendeng Social Audit Training: Increasing Community Participation in Development Oversight
Community participation is needed to ensure the implementation of appropriate and equitable development policies. This is stated in PP No.45 of 2017 concerning Community…
The Brooking Institute Public Event: Using Extractive Industries Data to Fight Inequality and Strengthen Accountability.
On October 24 (2019), the Brookings Intitute for Africa Growth Initiative, alongside Oxfam, the Natural Resource Governance Institute, and Publish What You Pay, co-hosted a…