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For forest communities in Sumatra, loss of nature means loss of culture

Taufik Wijaya 9 Nov 2021

Indonesian couple stages ‘ecological wedding’ in hopes of inspiring others

Ebed de Rosary 4 Nov 2021

For Indonesian farmers used to ‘instant’ results, going organic is a tough sell

Wahyu Chandra 2 Nov 2021

Indonesian farmers resisting an iron mine run up against a sultan

Arif Koes Hernawan, Cahyo Purnomo Edi, Lusia Arumingtyas, Mariyana Ricky PD, Soetana Monang Hasibuan 28 Oct 2021

Coastal Indonesian village adapts to life amid rising tidal floodwaters

Nuswantoro 5 Aug 2021

Wildfires turn up the heat on farmers growing Indonesia’s ‘hottest’ pepper

M Rahim Arza 6 Jul 2021
A bucket of fish at a market in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia. Image by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay

How can Southeast Asia benefit from the new U.S. policy on illegal fishing? (commentary)

Aristyo Rizka Darmawan 8 Jan 2021

Analysis: How Vietnam came to embrace a new vision of the Mekong Delta’s future

David E. Brown 24 Dec 2020

Which version? Confusion over environmental fallout of Indonesia deregulation law

Hans Nicholas Jong, Philip Jacobson 13 Oct 2020
Apay Janggut, also known as 'Bandi', and Kudi in the rumah betang or longhouse at Sungai Utik. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

New Indonesian law may make it harder to punish firms for haze-causing fires

Philip Jacobson 9 Oct 2020

Meet Indonesia’s go-to expert witness against haze-causing plantation firms

Philip Jacobson 23 Apr 2019

Airbus to marshal its satellites against deforestation

Philip Jacobson 12 Oct 2016

Revealed: Australian miner used arbitration threat to upend Indonesian environmental law

Philip Jacobson 15 Sep 2016
Illegal forest clearingfor oil palm in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

How is Indonesian president Jokowi doing on environmental issues?

Philip Jacobson 12 Jun 2016

Norway’s wealth fund expels POSCO, Daewoo Int’l over palm oil holdings

Philip Jacobson 18 Aug 2015

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The short-eared dog inhabits the Amazon and prefers untouched forests. Image courtesy of Guido Ayala & María Viscarra/WCS Bolivia.
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Photographer Jonathan Bachman was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for capturing a photograph of Ieshia Evans being arrested in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It was Ieshia Evans first protest, and Bachman’s first time covering one. The photo was included in The New York Times’ “The Year in Pictures 2016,” among other honors. jonathan bachman / reuters. Shepard Fairey—a prolific artist and activist who often addresses social and political issues in his work—was invited by the authors of ‘Protest’ to interpret Bachman’s photograph for the book. Image credit to Shepard Fairey. Image Courtesy of Patagonia Books.
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