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Indonesian court jails indigenous farmer in conflict with paper giant APP

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Jun 2020

Indonesia to receive $56m payment from Norway for reducing deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 May 2020

Indonesia drops panned plan to scrap legality license for wood exports

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 May 2020

Papuan farmer dies after alleged police assault at palm oil company

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 May 2020

Calls for end to business with paper giant APP over Sumatra land disputes

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 May 2020

In Indonesia’s new rice plan, experts see the blueprint of an epic past failure

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 May 2020

With new law, Indonesia gives miners more power and fewer obligations

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 May 2020

Indonesia moves to end smallholder guarantee meant to empower palm oil farmers

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 May 2020
Sungai Utik river in West Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Activists challenge Indonesia deregulation bill that threatens environment

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 May 2020

Journo arrested for reporting on palm oil tycoon’s alleged land grab

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 May 2020

For world’s rarest great ape, COVID-19 is latest in a litany of threats

Ayat S. Karokaro, Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Apr 2020

Indonesia aims for sustainability certification for oil palm smallholders

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Apr 2020

Farmer dies in custody after being charged in dispute with palm oil firm, prompting COVID-19 fears

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Apr 2020

Conflict between Indonesian villagers, pulpwood firm flares up over crop-killing drone

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Apr 2020

Forest fires in Indonesia set to add toxic haze to COVID-19 woes

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Apr 2020
Rainforest canopy in Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Obstacles abound in bid to protect Indonesia’s forests and cut emissions

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Apr 2020

Indonesia’s miners exploit loopholes to avoid restoring mining sites

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Apr 2020

Land conflicts escalate with spread of COVID-19 in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Apr 2020
Newly established oil palm plantation in Central Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Indonesia won’t ‘sacrifice economy’ for more ambitious emissions cuts

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Apr 2020

Watchdogs lament palm oil giant Wilmar’s exit from forest conservation alliance

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Apr 2020

Indonesian lawmakers push to pass deregulation bills as COVID-19 grips country

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Apr 2020

Indonesia road graft case lands Papua official, contractor in prison

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Apr 2020

Mining activity in Indonesia takes a hit from COVID-19 pandemic

Hans Nicholas Jong 31 Mar 2020

Indonesia risks timber trade with EU after scrapping license rules

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Mar 2020

Indonesia ends timber legality rule, stoking fears of illegal logging boom

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Mar 2020

Scientists call for independent review of dam project in orangutan habitat

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Mar 2020

‘Unbridled exploitation’: Mining amendments a boon for Indonesia’s coal industry

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Mar 2020

Palm oil firm has farmers jailed for harvesting from land it stole from them

Indra Nugraha, Yusy Marie 17 Mar 2020

PepsiCo renews sustainable palm oil policy to close supplier loophole

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Mar 2020
Forest in West Papua. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

South Korea’s POSCO vows zero deforestation in Papua palm oil operation

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Mar 2020

Indonesia’s point man for palm oil says no more plantations in Papua

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Mar 2020

Activists skeptical of win as court orders Papua plantation maps published

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Feb 2020

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