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Loss of oil palm permits leaves Papuan villages uncertain and fearful

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Oct 2021

Monitoring reveals Indonesia’s ‘legal timber’ scheme riddled with violations

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Sep 2021

Build around the forest, not through it, study says of Sumatra trucking road

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Sep 2021

Links to coal mining add to Indonesian palm oil sector’s risk for buyers

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Sep 2021

Remnant forests struggle to survive amid oil palm plantations, study shows

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Sep 2021

For Indonesian MPs, Indigenous rights may be bad for business, report says

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Sep 2021

Jakarta court finds president, governor liable for city’s air pollution woes

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Sep 2021

Oil palms alone can be damaging; with other crops, the benefits abound

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Sep 2021
Sumatran tiger

Indonesia terminates agreement with Norway on $1b REDD+ scheme

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Sep 2021

Spike in deforestation detected in Papua concession linked to South Korea’s Moorim

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Sep 2021

Indonesia still clinging to coal despite phaseout pledge, new plan shows

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Sep 2021

Palm oil firms in Papua hit back with lawsuit after permits are revoked

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Sep 2021

North American paper industry merger sets off environmental alarms

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Sep 2021

What makes mapping and monitoring zero-deforestation commitments effective?

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Aug 2021

Calls mount for Indonesian ban on new palm oil plantations to be extended

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Aug 2021

Indonesian pulpwood firms told to protect peat are doing the opposite: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Aug 2021

Plantations and roads strip away Papua’s forests. They’re just getting started

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Aug 2021

UNESCO calls for closure of road running through World Heritage park in Papua

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Aug 2021

Indonesia’s coal phaseout is just more business as usual, report says

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Aug 2021

Acquittal of Indonesian villagers protesting pollution marks rare win against SLAPP

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Aug 2021

Palm oil grower looks to make amends for past deforestation in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Jul 2021
A man taps into a frankincense tree to extract the yellowish resin out of it in the customary forest of the Pandumaan-Sipituhuta Indigenous community in North Sumatra, Indonesia. Image by Barita News Lumbanbatu/Mongabay Indonesia.

For an Indigenous group in Sumatra, a forest regained is being lost once more

Barita News Lumbanbatu 27 Jul 2021

Indonesia eyes less severe fire season, but COVID-19 could turn it deadly

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Jul 2021

FSC dumps palm oil giant Korindo amid rights, environmental issues in Papua

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Jul 2021

Top brands failing to spot rights abuses on Indonesian oil palm plantations

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 Jul 2021

Indonesia bets on biofuels over oil, but EVs could render both moot

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Jul 2021

Activists take Indonesia’s mining law to court, but don’t expect much

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Jul 2021

Deforestation of orangutan habitat feeds global palm oil demand, report shows

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Jun 2021

Environmental benefits or social — but rarely both — under RSPO, study finds

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Jun 2021

Coal phase-out plan gets pushback in power-hungry Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Jun 2021

Final court ruling orders Indonesian government to publish plantation data

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Jun 2021

Indonesia’s biodiesel program fuels deforestation threat, report warns

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Jun 2021

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