Social media “likes” turn into real life environmental action (mother nature network)

Note: This is Rare’s Senior Vice President of Global Programs Paul Butler’s fifth blog post in a series about his recent trip to the Philippines and Indonesia to monitor Rare’s conservation work in the field. You can find his first post here, his second post here, his 

The Big Apple is going green with white roofs (Discovery News)

(Toshi Nakamura)
Ewa and I made a trip to Singapore and Jakarta last week. The objective was to meet with potential partners, and for Ewa to present at TEDxJakarta. 
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Internal military documents that recently came to light expose the Indonesian military’s surveillance of peaceful activists, politicians, and clergy in the easternmost province of Papua.

Seven courageous and tireless advocates for human rights will be honored in November 2011 with the prestigious Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism.

(New York) – Seven courageous and tireless advocates for human rights will be honored in November 2011 with the prestigious Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism, Human Rights Watch said today.

Anis Hidayah, executive director of Jakarta-based Migrant Care, speaks out on behalf of the millions of Indonesian women and men who seek work abroad to feed their families and face serious risk of exploitation and abuse. As Migrant Care and Human Rights Watch have both documented, Indonesian women domestic workers in Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait often work up to 18 hours a day, seven days a week.

By Cindy Nawilis
The Kopernik team embarked on a second field trip to Lombok the end of last week to check in on our project there with PEKKA, an Indonesian NGO that for the last decade has been empowering single women heads of households across 19 provinces throughout the country. I was lucky to be part of this second trip, as the center was located in a beautiful place with clear skies and a nice breeze. 

Note: This blog post originated on RarePlanet, our online community inspiring conservation. It was written by Rare Conservation Fellow Rosita Tariola and translated.