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Released: 1,000-page encyclopedia on land conflicts affecting indigenous tribes

Mongabay.com 17 Mar 2016

New life for Indonesia’s long-delayed indigenous rights bill?

Cory Rogers 17 Mar 2016

Emergency declared as fires reappear in Sumatra

Mongabay Haze Beat 15 Mar 2016

15 Bornean rhinos discovered in Kalimantan?

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 14 Mar 2016

End of the line for foreign-made fishing boats in Indonesia?

Cory Rogers 14 Mar 2016

The week in environmental news – March 11, 2016

Brittany Stewart 12 Mar 2016

Rogue cop-turned-logger recaptured in Papua after latest prison break

Mongabay.com 9 Mar 2016

Greenpeace rates consumer goods giants’ no-deforestation progress

Mongabay.com 7 Mar 2016

The week in environmental news – March 04, 2016

Brittany Stewart 5 Mar 2016

$1m for devising best way to map Indonesia’s peatlands

Sapariah Saturi 5 Mar 2016

Indonesia’s war on maritime slavery continues

Cory Rogers 3 Mar 2016

Indonesia’s antigraft agency strives to rein in the mining sector

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 27 Feb 2016

The week in environmental news – Feb 26, 2016

Brittany Stewart 26 Feb 2016
Peat forest cleared for pulp and paper in Riau, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

New tool seeks end to Indonesian paper giants’ secret links

Loren Bell 26 Feb 2016

Massive profiteering uncovered in Indonesian fertilizer distribution

Mongabay.com 25 Feb 2016

Indonesia’s peat peninsula being drained into oblivion, study finds

Loren Bell 24 Feb 2016

Video series aims to help indigenous groups defend against land grabbing

Sean Mowbray 23 Feb 2016
Peatlands cleared for a plantation in Riau Province in 2015. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Team of 6: the leadership of Indonesia’s peatlands restoration agency is now in place

Sapariah Saturi 23 Feb 2016

The week in environmental news – Feb 19, 2016

Brittany Stewart 20 Feb 2016

Indonesia could collaborate with RSPO, official study finds

Jonathan Vit 19 Feb 2016
Illegal encroachment for palm oil production in Riau, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Indonesian palm oil giant joins no-deforestation pledge amid criticism from politicians

Mongabay.com 18 Feb 2016

Jakarta governor proposes lighter environmental permitting

Melati Kaye 15 Feb 2016

Aceh citizens ask governor to keep bulldozers out of a crucial rainforest

Junaidi Hanafiah 12 Feb 2016

Cincinnati-born Harapan the rhino adjusting well to life in Sumatra

Rahmadi Rahmad, Ridzki R. Sigit 10 Feb 2016

Is this Malaysian palm oil firm still destroying forest in Borneo — and selling to Wilmar?

Jonathan Vit 9 Feb 2016

How can banks spur the palm oil industry toward sustainability?

Pek Shibao 8 Feb 2016

The week in environmental news – Feb 05, 2016

Brittany Stewart 5 Feb 2016
Burning peat forest and oil palm in Riau, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Norway pledges $50m to fund Indonesia’s peat restoration

Mongabay Haze Beat 5 Feb 2016

Rare video: young orangutan and gibbon play together in the Borneo jungle

Sophie Furnival 4 Feb 2016

How are NGOs innovating to reach palm oil financiers and companies?

Pek Shibao 4 Feb 2016
Human-wildlife conflicts could potentially be reduced with the introduction of fully certified palm oil for Sabah. Photo shows an elephant stranded in a smallholder’s farm. Photo and caption courtesy of LEAP.

Do poor environmental practices affect palm oil firms’ bottom lines on a scale meaningful for investors and financiers?

Pek Shibao 1 Feb 2016

The week in environmental news – Jan 29, 2016

Brittany Stewart 30 Jan 2016

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