Basten Gokkon

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Basten is a Jakarta-based staff writer for Mongabay with interests in wildlife conservation, renewable energy, and Indigenous communities. Follow him on Twitter to see his latest thoughts via @bgokkon.

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Under the sea: Life is the bubbles in newly described deep-reef zone

Basten Gokkon 28 Mar 2018

In Jakarta, wildlife monitors find a hotspot for the illegal tortoise trade

Basten Gokkon 26 Mar 2018

Activists eye bigger roles for local officials, businesses in Indonesia’s orangutan protection plan

Basten Gokkon 15 Mar 2018

Bornean bearded pigs seen adapting to oil palm habitats, study finds

Basten Gokkon 6 Mar 2018

Villagers cite self-defense in tiger killing, but missing body parts point to the illegal wildlife trade

Basten Gokkon 6 Mar 2018

Javan rhino population holds steady amid ever-present peril

Basten Gokkon 1 Mar 2018

What is happening to the orangutans of Borneo?

Basten Gokkon 15 Feb 2018

Indonesian rubber farmers charged in gruesome killing of Bornean orangutan

Basten Gokkon 2 Feb 2018

Indonesia buckles to protests against seine fishing ban

Basten Gokkon 25 Jan 2018

Indonesia to strengthen environmental impact assessments through process review

Basten Gokkon 24 Jan 2018

Indonesia hints rhino sperm transfer to Malaysia may finally happen this year

Basten Gokkon 24 Jan 2018

Decapitated orangutan found near palm plantations shot 17 times, autopsy finds

Basten Gokkon 19 Jan 2018

Global warming, pollution supersize the oceans’ oxygen-depleted dead zones

Basten Gokkon 9 Jan 2018

Meet Indonesia’s new honeyeater species from Rote Island

Basten Gokkon 5 Jan 2018

Glimmer of hope as Malaysia’s last female Sumatran rhino shows signs of recovery

Basten Gokkon 27 Dec 2017

Recognition of Mentawai tribes marks Indonesia’s latest piecemeal concession to indigenous groups

Basten Gokkon 15 Dec 2017

DNA analysis shows Sumatran rhinos peaked during last Ice Age, never recovered

Basten Gokkon 14 Dec 2017

The world’s newest great ape, revealed a month ago, is already nearly extinct: IUCN

Basten Gokkon 7 Dec 2017

Deforestation in Sumatra carves up tiger habitats into ever smaller patches

Basten Gokkon 5 Dec 2017

‘Extreme concern’: Report gives glimpse into scale of Kalimantan bird trade

Basten Gokkon 30 Nov 2017

Indonesia coal power push neglects rural households, chokes urban ones

Basten Gokkon 14 Nov 2017

Indonesian president recognizes land rights of nine more indigenous groups

Basten Gokkon 12 Nov 2017

A roar for nature in Indonesia: Q&A with the poet behind ‘Indigenous Species’

Basten Gokkon 30 Oct 2017

Indonesia’s big development push in Papua: Q&A with program overseer Judith J. Dipodiputro

Basten Gokkon 27 Oct 2017

Helmeted hornbill, on verge of extinction, finds respite in new zone outside of known range

Basten Gokkon 23 Oct 2017

Jakarta reclamation project allowed to resume, but opposition remains

Basten Gokkon 18 Oct 2017

Experts seek ways to mitigate environmental impacts of infrastructure boom in Asia Pacific

Basten Gokkon 9 Oct 2017

Activists spy silver lining as officials warn of financial clouds over coal-fueled grid

Basten Gokkon 4 Oct 2017

China sends first pandas to Indonesia under captive-breeding agreement

Basten Gokkon 29 Sep 2017

Camera trap records nearly extinct cuckoo in Sumatra

Basten Gokkon 27 Sep 2017

Fossil discovery in Indonesia reveals ‘lost world’ of beasts

Basten Gokkon 19 Sep 2017

Palm oil giant FGV will ‘endeavor to rehabilitate’ peatlands it trashed in Borneo

Basten Gokkon 13 Sep 2017

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