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A siamang in Indonesia. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

In Bali, prominent official faces backlash over illegal pet gibbon

Luh De Suriyani 7 Oct 2021

As tigers dwindle, Indonesia takes aim at poaching ring

Junaidi Hanafiah 27 Sep 2021

Worked to death: How a Chinese tuna juggernaut crushed its Indonesian workers

Philip Jacobson, Basten Gokkon, Taufik Wijaya, Seulki Lee, Makoto Watanabe, Annelise Giseburt 13 Sep 2021

Scientists describe new tree frog in push to catalog Indonesia’s amphibians

Grace Dungey 2 Sep 2021

Mother tiger and her cubs found dead in Sumatran forest

Junaidi Hanafiah 26 Aug 2021

Study shows how sustainable livelihood programs for Indonesian fishers can succeed

Cassie Freund 26 Aug 2021

Lack of ID cards bars Indigenous Indonesians from much-needed vaccines

Elviza Diana, Sapariah Saturi, Yitno Suprapto 4 Aug 2021

2 Sumatran tigers recovering from COVID-19 at Jakarta zoo

Mongabay.com 2 Aug 2021

Camera trap cameo for Buru Island babirusa last seen 26 years ago

Christopel Paino 27 Jul 2021

Study puts 2050 deadline on tipping point for Mekong Delta salinity

Zoe Osborne 22 Jul 2021
Deforestation in Indonesian Borneo in 2019. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Local leaders in Indonesia make forest and peatland protection pledge

Taufik Wijaya 15 Jul 2021
Haze rising from an oil palm plantation and forest in Riau. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler.

‘Technical problems’ holding up enforcement of rulings in Indonesian fire and haze cases, official says

Yoga Eki Saputra 8 Jul 2021

Tin mines close in on an Indonesian hamlet still clinging to nature

Taufik Wijaya 16 Jun 2021

CSI, but for parrots: Study applies criminological tool CRAAVED to wildlife trade

Grace Dungey, Nick Rodway 7 Jun 2021

On the Mongolian steppe, conservation science meets traditional knowledge

Jacopo Pasotti 2 Jun 2021

From Flores to Papua: Meet 10 of Indonesia’s mangrove guardians

Loren Bell 1 Jun 2021

On an island scarred by tin mining, mangrove planting preserves shrimp tradition

Taufik Wijaya 13 May 2021

Indonesian fishers plead with president on seine nets and other assistance

Falahi Mubarok 11 May 2021

Death toll rises to 10 after landslide at dam site in orangutan habitat

Ayat S. Karokaro 7 May 2021

Indonesian law enforcers call for financial approach to fight illegal logging

Lusia Arumingtyas 6 May 2021

Water crisis in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara linked to mining, observers say

Ebed de Rosary 5 May 2021

Malaysian firm bidding to clear Papua forest loses land bid, but deforestation persists

Philip Jacobson, Tom Johnson 29 Apr 2021

Java’s mangroves pay a high price for stopping plastic flowing out to sea

Julia John 5 Apr 2021

In Sumatra, a vulnerable, ‘mythical’ wild goat lives an unknown life

Ian Morse 31 Mar 2021

African swine fever rips through parts of southern Indonesia

Ebed de Rosary 29 Mar 2021

Study calls for a marine reserve in a $500m fishing hotspot in Indonesia

Cassie Freund 23 Mar 2021

Thailand’s Indigenous Peoples fight for ‘land of our heart’ (commentary)

Pirawan Wongnithisathaporn, Thomas Worsdell 15 Mar 2021

Getting hands-on with pollination can boost cocoa yields, study shows

Sarah Derouin 8 Mar 2021

Only 1 of 52 pilot whales survives mass stranding in Indonesia

Mongabay.com 24 Feb 2021

Indonesia remembers ‘irreplaceable’ Gunawan Wiradi, gentle giant of the countryside

Indra Nugraha 26 Jan 2021

Whale shark stranding points to silting of Indonesia’s Kendari Bay

Ian Morse 13 Jan 2021

‘Turning fear into strength’: One woman’s struggle for justice and land rights in Sulawesi

Febriana Firdaus 1 Dec 2020

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