Basten Gokkon

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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Restoration of shattered coral reef at Raja Ampat on hold

Basten Gokkon 22 Jun 2017
Fire set for peatland clearing in Riau Province, Indonesia in July 2015. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Indonesia’s plantation lobby challenges environmental law

Basten Gokkon, Lusia Arumingtyas 7 Jun 2017

New genus created for arboreal toads in Indonesia

Basten Gokkon 13 Apr 2017

Damage to Raja Ampat 12 times higher than previously thought

Basten Gokkon 25 Mar 2017

Alarms raised as timber firm said to pierce one of Indonesia’s last orangutan strongholds

Basten Gokkon 14 Mar 2017

Cruise ship wrecks one of Indonesia’s best coral reefs at Raja Ampat

Basten Gokkon 9 Mar 2017

Indonesia’s forestry ministry takes Greenpeace to court over freedom of information request

Basten Gokkon 19 Dec 2016

Could a rare rhino’s tragic death in Borneo have been prevented?

Basten Gokkon 8 Apr 2016

First-of-its-kind mapping platform could help protect land held by Indigenous communities

Basten Gokkon, Shreya Dasgupta 13 Nov 2015

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