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May 27, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Six South Pacific journalists have been awarded grants by the Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) to strengthen environmental reporting in the region, reports Internews. The awardees include three Fiji journalists – Mai TV journalist and chief executive Stanley Simpson, who hosts the investigative current affairs programme Simpson@Eight, Sheldon Chanel and Luke Rawalai. ... <a title="EJN awards grants for investigative ‘green’ reporting in Asia-Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/27/ejn-awards-grants-for-investigative-green-reporting-in-asia-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about EJN awards grants for investigative ‘green’ reporting in Asia-Pacific">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2020
Op-Ed by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana – United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCAP. Memories of idyllic beaches and sonorous waves may seem far away while we remain at home. Yet, we need not look far to appreciate the enduring history of the ocean in Asia and the Pacific. For generations, the region has thrived ... <a title="UN Op-Ed – Healthy oceans: keeping Asia and the Pacific afloat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/13/un-op-ed-healthy-oceans-keeping-asia-and-the-pacific-afloat/" aria-label="Read more about UN Op-Ed – Healthy oceans: keeping Asia and the Pacific afloat">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2020
By Basten Gokkon of Mongabay Local authorities and indigenous communities in Indonesia’s Papua region have imposed a sweeping lockdown in an attempt to minimise the spread of the novel coronavirus. The region, which comprises the provinces of West Papua and Papua, is the least developed in Indonesia, with scant public health facilities, poor road connectivity, ... <a title="Indigenous Papuans initiate own lockdowns in face of coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/01/indigenous-papuans-initiate-own-lockdowns-in-face-of-coronavirus/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous Papuans initiate own lockdowns in face of coronavirus">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2020
By Imelda V. Abano in Manila The novel coronavirus now sweeping the globe has left many countries struggling to cope with rising numbers of infections and journalists grappling with how to best cover this evolving public health crisis. In addition to questions about how governments, health care systems and individuals are responding to immediate needs, ... <a title="Reporting the Covid-19 unknown: How reporters in Philippines do their job" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/reporting-the-covid-19-unknown-how-reporters-in-philippines-do-their-job/" aria-label="Read more about Reporting the Covid-19 unknown: How reporters in Philippines do their job">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2020
By Ayat S. Karokaro in Medan Indonesian activists have deplored the recent jailing of two indigenous community members in Sumatra in a land conflict involving an affiliate of pulp and paper giant Royal Golden Eagle. The Simalungun District Court, in North Sumatra province, handed down nine-month sentences to Jonny Ambarita and Thomson Ambarita, who ... <a title="Indonesian indigenous land defenders jailed in fight with pulpwood giant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/10/indonesian-indigenous-land-defenders-jailed-in-fight-with-pulpwood-giant/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian indigenous land defenders jailed in fight with pulpwood giant">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2020
Former Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons has died. Her husband, Harry Parke, said the death was totally unexpected. “Yesterday morning she was out on the farm doing stuff, she had a bit of a fall and finally ended up in Thames Hospital where she had a massive stroke and died at 9.45pm last night – ... <a title="Former Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons ‘lived her convictions’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/06/former-green-party-co-leader-jeanette-fitzsimons-lived-her-convictions/" aria-label="Read more about Former Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons ‘lived her convictions’">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2020
By Hans Nicholas Jong in Jakarta A top Indonesian official has declared a halt to new oil palm plantations in the country’s heavily forested West Papua region in favour of other – “greener” – crops, apparently contradicting his vigorous earlier defences of the industry. The remarks by Luhut Pandjaitan, the chief minister in charge of ... <a title="Investments minister rules out more palm oil plantations in Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/03/investments-minister-rules-out-more-palm-oil-plantations-in-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Investments minister rules out more palm oil plantations in Papua">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2020
OPINION: By Murray Horton in Christchurch For as long as the Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (Cafca) has existed – more than 45 years now – we have called for the closure of the aluminium smelter, owned by giant transnational corporation, Rio Tinto. There are numerous grounds for doing so, all of which amount ... <a title="Rio Tinto, clean up your own toxic smelter mess (and go away)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/26/rio-tinto-clean-up-your-own-toxic-smelter-mess-and-go-away/" aria-label="Read more about Rio Tinto, clean up your own toxic smelter mess (and go away)">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2020
By Will Steffen of the Australian National University Opposition leader Anthony Albanese’s announcement on Friday that a Labor government in Australia would adopt a target of net-zero emissions by 2050 was a big step in the right direction. But a bit of simple maths reveals the policy is too little, too late. Perhaps the most ... <a title="ALP’s climate policy too little, too late – we must run faster to win the race" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/25/labors-climate-policy-too-little-too-late-we-must-run-faster-to-win-the-race/" aria-label="Read more about ALP’s climate policy too little, too late – we must run faster to win the race">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2020
By Hans Nicholas Jong in Jakarta Experts have warned that a slate of sweeping deregulation planned by the Indonesian government could prove disastrous for the environment and create even more conflicts over land and resources. The administration of President Joko Widodo is preparing to submit to Parliament two bills containing more than 1200 proposed amendments ... <a title="Experts warn over Indonesian plan for fast track environmental deregulation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/15/experts-warn-over-indonesian-plan-for-fast-track-environmental-deregulation/" aria-label="Read more about Experts warn over Indonesian plan for fast track environmental deregulation">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2020
By Denis Muller in Melbourne In September 2019, the editor of The Conversation, Misha Ketchell, declared The Conversation’s editorial team in Australia was henceforth taking what he called a “zero-tolerance” approach to climate change deniers and sceptics. Their comments would be blocked and their accounts locked. His reasons were succinct: Climate change deniers and those ... <a title="Media ‘impartiality’ on climate change ethically misguided and dangerous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/02/media-impartiality-on-climate-change-ethically-misguided-and-dangerous/" aria-label="Read more about Media ‘impartiality’ on climate change ethically misguided and dangerous">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2020
By Andreas Harsono in Jakarta Mongabay environmental editor Phil Jacobson was deported from Indonesia last evening, flying from Jakarta to New York after he was ordered not to leave Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, for 45 days. It is tragic that an American environmentalist who dedicated his energies to protecting Indonesia’s rain forests and indigenous people ... <a title="Andreas Harsono: Jakarta punishes journalists – leaves them in limbo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/01/andreas-harsono-jakarta-punishes-journalists-leaves-them-in-limbo/" aria-label="Read more about Andreas Harsono: Jakarta punishes journalists – leaves them in limbo">Read more</a>
