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The struggle against Indorayon in Indonesia
Title: The struggle against Indorayon in Indonesia
Category: Social Sciences
Details: Words: 546 | Pages: 2.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
The struggle against Indorayon in Indonesia
On July 20 over 1,000 security forces arrived to break through a blockade set up by villagers and students at Indorayon's paper and rayon pulp factory (PT IIU) in Porsea, near Lake Toba in North Sumatra. Demonstrations have hampered production since mid-June. Hundreds of local people supported by university students and members of environmental groups had blocked roads leading to PT IIU's mill, forcing the factory to stop production since its supplies of timber and fuel have …showed first 75 words of 546 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 546 total…the company promised that the factory would bring, city-based NGOs consider closure of the mill is an unrealistic demand and that the community would gain more from campaigns to make the company take responsibility for its negative impacts. A second point is that the strategy PT IIU has adopted since 1996 to neutralize opposition is to set up new community organisations through which to channel contributions and organise social events instead of recognising traditional community leaders.
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