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Lean times leave orangutans wasting away. Habitat loss makes things worse

Hans Nicholas Jong 31 May 2021

Illegal loggers use pandemic as cover to ramp up activity in Sulawesi

Wahyu Chandra 24 May 2021

Indonesian president slammed for ‘wait-and-see’ approach on climate action

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 May 2021

FSC-certified Indonesian logger may have cleared orangutan habitat: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 May 2021

Indonesia says no new coal plants from 2023 (after the next 100 or so)

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 May 2021

Indonesian omnibus law’s ‘whitewash’ of illegal palm oil shocks its architects

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 May 2021

Belgium-sized swath of forest faces the chop from Indonesian palm oil

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 May 2021

Deadly landslide hits Indonesian dam project in orangutan habitat, again

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Apr 2021

Indigenous Dayak man jailed after Indonesian palm oil firm alleges theft

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Apr 2021

Companies and officials flout forest-clearing moratorium in Papua, report finds

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Apr 2021

Indonesia’s bid to control deforestation wildly off-target, experts say

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Apr 2021

Indonesia’s net-zero emissions goal not ambitious enough, activists say

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Apr 2021

Palm oil waste is latest item declared non-hazardous by Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Apr 2021

Palm oil firm Digoel Agri said to clear Papuan forest without Indigenous consent

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Mar 2021
Indonesian New Guinea is home to species like this Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita). Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Oil palm growers’ misdeeds allow an opportunity to save West Papua’s forests

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Mar 2021

In Indonesia, pulp and paper firms stoke demand that may drive deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Mar 2021

Secretive group found to have cleared orangutan habitat in Indonesia: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Mar 2021

Peatland on fire again as burning season starts in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Mar 2021

Palm oil conflicts persist amid lack of resolution in Indonesian Borneo

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Mar 2021

Mining sites in Indonesia’s disaster-prone areas a ticking time bomb: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Mar 2021

Deforestation in Indonesia hits record low, but experts fear a rebound

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Mar 2021

A million hectares of Papuan forest licensed for clearing, report shows

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Mar 2021

‘We attack,’ Indonesia declares in joint bid with Malaysia to shield palm oil

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Mar 2021

Papua deforestation highlights eastward shift of Indonesia forest clearing

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Mar 2021

Indonesian police may probe coal miners over deforestation-linked floods

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Feb 2021

Grim toll from Indonesia’s abandoned mines may get even worse, report warns

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Feb 2021

‘Hungry’ palm oil, pulpwood firms behind Indonesia land-grab spike: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Feb 2021

Indonesia’s top palm oil deforesters are the usual shady suspects: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Feb 2021

Indonesia to push for mine rehab, reforestation after deadly floods

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Feb 2021

Legal failings leave illegal loggers unpunished and certified in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Feb 2021

Planned coal-trucking road threatens a forest haven for Sumatran frogs

Elviza Diana, Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Jan 2021

Plantations, mines didn’t worsen flood, Indonesia says. The data begs to differ

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Jan 2021

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