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Failing governance - Avoiding responsibilities

Theile, Claudia
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Wakker, Eric
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Zakaria, Adriani
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Theile, Claudia
Wakker, Eric
Zakaria, Adriani
Burke, Eva
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Burke, Eva
Keywords
climate ethics
land
sustainable development
energy
forest
justice, economic
natural resources
Transnational corporations
indigenious ethics
agricultural ethics
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Political ethics
Environmental ethics
Development ethics
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Climate Ethics
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/175610
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Abstract
"This case study demonstrates how the emerging bio-energy market is contributing to an excessive expansion of the oil palm industry in West Kalimantan. It shows how sustainability schemes in biofuel policies and palm oil sector initiatives fail to prevent illegal operations, deforestation, carbon emissions, and social conflicts. It also shows that government institutions in a major biomass producer country, Indonesia, fail to keep the industry in check. While policy makers in Europe have established an obligation to use biofuels, the Ketapang study demonstrates that they are unable to take on the ultimate responsibility to ensure its sustainable supply." (p. 5)
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2009-09
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