"Their cries are a responsibility for us"

The participants of the "Peace with the Earth" workshop in Sumatra, Indonesia are encouraging churches to assume greater political responsibility.

Delegates call for a code of conduct for churches in dealing with companies

16 May 2012 Benjamin Mkapa, former President of the Republic of Tanzania (1995-2005) lectured in the international MA Course Diaconic Management

The students of the international MA course "Diaconic Management", which is organised and led jointly by the Institute for Diaconic Science and Diaconic Management (IDM) of the Protestant University Wuppertal/Bethel and the United Evangelical Mission (UEM), had the fourth module from 10th April this year at the Sebastian Kolowa (...)

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14 May 2012 Former environment minister blames corruption for forest destruction

"The government is kissing the feet of the investors"

The former environment minister of Indonesia, Sonny Keraf, blames the government in Jakarta for the large-scale destruction of rain forests.

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08 May 2012 United Evangelical Mission criticises land grab in Indonesia

"David versus Goliath"

At the opening of an international workshop on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, Longgena Ginting, climate consultant with the United Evangelical Mission (UEM), has criticised the race to grab the last available pieces of land.

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