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View of Suralaya coal power plant in Cilegon city, Banten Province, Indonesia.

Never mind the mercury: Indonesia says coal ash isn’t hazardous

Basten Gokkon 11 Mar 2021

Indonesian governor’s arrest in road project points to more tainted contracts

Wahyu Chandra 4 Mar 2021

When seas turn rough, gleaning keeps the fish on the table for some communities

Basten Gokkon 24 Feb 2021

Calls for accountability after coal-slurry spill in Indonesian river

Della Syahni, Sapariah Saturi 19 Feb 2021

Rescue of rare white tarsier raises fears of habitat loss, illegal pet trade

Basten Gokkon 10 Feb 2021

This Mediterranean seagrass filters plastic waste — but it’s also under threat

Basten Gokkon 5 Feb 2021

Rarely seen Sumatran rhinos are now even more elusive as threats close in

Tri Purna Jaya 28 Jan 2021

Signs, but no sightings: The phantom rhinos of Sumatra’s Bukit Barisan Selatan

Dian Wahyu Kusuma 22 Jan 2021

Sumatran rhino conservation inspires a thriving creative economy

Agus Susanto 14 Jan 2021

Songbird trade in Indonesia threatens wild Sunda laughingthrush

Basten Gokkon 22 Dec 2020

Widodo Ramono, the man on a mission to save Sumatran rhinos

Rahmadi Rahmad 17 Dec 2020

Indonesia allows use of destructive seine and trawl nets in its waters again

Basten Gokkon 17 Dec 2020

Lobster export policy that landed Indonesian minister in jail could resume

Basten Gokkon 30 Nov 2020

Indonesian fisheries minister arrested over graft in lobster policy

Basten Gokkon 25 Nov 2020

More Indonesian sailors repatriated from deadly Chinese fishing fleet

Basten Gokkon 16 Nov 2020

Bribery-tainted coal plant in Indonesia held up as landowners hold out

Basten Gokkon 13 Nov 2020

Snare traps decline, but still pose a threat to Leuser’s Sumatran rhinos

Junaidi Hanafiah 13 Nov 2020

Planned road projects threaten Sumatran rhino habitat, experts say

Junaidi Hanafiah 26 Oct 2020

Indonesia’s new deregulation law to hurt small fishers, coastal communities

Basten Gokkon 14 Oct 2020

‘Luckiest people’: Encountering a newborn Sumatran rhino in the wild

Basten Gokkon 14 Oct 2020

Sumatran bridge project in elephant habitat may exacerbate degradation

Taufik Wijaya 7 Oct 2020

On World Rhino Day, ‘real work’ is still needed to save Sumatran rhinos

Basten Gokkon 22 Sep 2020

Two new Javan rhino calves are spotted in the species’ last holdout

Basten Gokkon 21 Sep 2020

Paper giant APP’s Sumatran road project cuts through elephant habitat

Taufik Wijaya 21 Sep 2020
A lobster larva. Image by Fathul Rakhman/Mongabay-Indonesia.

Indonesian lobster exporters, advised by a smuggler, flout domestic requirements

Fathul Rakhman 16 Sep 2020

Oil palm plantations in Sumatran watershed worsen flooding in communities

Basten Gokkon 11 Sep 2020

In Indonesia’s coastal villages, the plastic crisis is both homegrown and invasive

Basten Gokkon 9 Sep 2020

New paper highlights spread of organized crime from global fisheries

Basten Gokkon 4 Sep 2020

Indonesian fishers opposed to dredging project hit by ‘criminalization’ bid

Basten Gokkon, Wahyu Chandra 28 Aug 2020

Forest fires set by poachers threaten a refuge of the Sumatran rhino

Tri Purna Jaya 21 Aug 2020

Indonesian fishers who fought off tin miners prepare to battle all over again

Nopri Ismi 6 Aug 2020

Arrests in Indonesian probe into latest case of labor abuses on Chinese fishing boats

Basten Gokkon 28 Jul 2020

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Starting out as a terrestrial ecologist and environmental educator, Jessie Panazzolo is a proud carer of people who care for Mother Earth. In 2019, she founded the global community, Lonely Conservationists, a pioneering platform that provides resources, advocacy, and a voice to budding and burnt-out environmentalists. Advocating for the need to provide care to members of an often forgotten care-based industry, Jessie's websites, books, podcasts, and workshops are used to help budding and burnt-out conservationists around the world.
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