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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Arrests in Indonesian probe into latest case of labor abuses on Chinese fishing boats

Basten Gokkon 28 Jul 2020

Indonesia presses China for witness in deaths of fishing boat crews

Basten Gokkon 21 Jul 2020

Indonesia’s new lobster export policy threatens Javan rhino habitat

Basten Gokkon 15 Jul 2020

Indonesia identifies rhino to capture for breeding, but will have to wait until next year

Basten Gokkon 9 Jul 2020

Investigation hints at cronyism in awarding of Indonesia lobster export permits

Basten Gokkon 7 Jul 2020

Indonesia resumes release of captive wildlife amid COVID-19

Basten Gokkon 22 Jun 2020

Indonesia’s $300m geothermal play risks being undercut by cheap coal

Basten Gokkon 19 Jun 2020

Indonesia to allow back destructive seine and trawl nets in its waters

Basten Gokkon 12 Jun 2020

Indonesia’s lobster export safeguards won’t end smuggling, scientists warn

Basten Gokkon 10 Jun 2020

Indonesian levee project serves industry over community, study says

Basten Gokkon 22 May 2020

Indonesia may bar citizens from working on foreign fishing boats after spate of deaths

Basten Gokkon 20 May 2020

For Indonesia’s captive wildlife, lockdown measures may prove deadly

Basten Gokkon 19 May 2020

Chinese boat that dumped Indonesian crews at sea was also shark-finning: Reports

Basten Gokkon 13 May 2020

Indonesia lifts export ban on baby lobsters aimed to protect wild population

Basten Gokkon 8 May 2020

As COVID-19 batters fishery, Indonesia’s sharks get a respite

Basten Gokkon 4 May 2020

COVID-19 no excuse for dropping guard against illegal fishing, Indonesia says

Basten Gokkon 1 May 2020

Only ‘A-list’ of coral reefs found to sustain ecosystems, livelihoods

Basten Gokkon 27 Apr 2020

Indonesia’s new capital in the Bornean jungle on hold amid COVID-19 crisis

Basten Gokkon 15 Apr 2020
View of Suralaya coal power plant in Cilegon city, Banten Province, Indonesia.

Green groups target South Korea’s bailout of coal power plant builder

Basten Gokkon 10 Apr 2020

Reproductive woes spell need for more viable females in Sumatran rhino program

Basten Gokkon 10 Apr 2020

Indigenous Papuans initiate own lockdowns in face of COVID-19

Basten Gokkon 6 Apr 2020

COVID-19 prompts closure of Indonesian parks, and a chance to evaluate

Basten Gokkon 20 Mar 2020

Indonesian activists denounce a road being built illegally in leopard habitat

Basten Gokkon 20 Mar 2020

This solar-powered device aims to clean 1,000 rivers. Will it work?

Rachael Meyer, Basten Gokkon 16 Mar 2020
Artisanal Indonesian fishermen are expected to benefit from the fisheries bill proposed by the ministry. Image courtesy of Ministry of Marine and Fisheries.

Deregulation bill hurts Indonesia’s fishers, coastal communities, experts say

Basten Gokkon 2 Mar 2020

For Indonesia’s Javan deer, non-protected areas play key conservation role

Basten Gokkon 20 Feb 2020

Indonesia probes suspected nuclear waste dumping at housing estate

Barita News Lumbanbatu, Basten Gokkon 19 Feb 2020

In Indonesian renewables bill, activists see chance to move away from coal

Basten Gokkon 14 Feb 2020

Indonesia-WWF split puts rhino breeding project in Borneo in limbo

Basten Gokkon 3 Feb 2020
A bucket of fish at a market in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia. Image by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay

‘Just like terrorists’: Indonesia boosts vigilance for blast fishers

Basten Gokkon 30 Jan 2020

Rangers in Indonesia’s Aceh to get guns as officials flex on violators

Basten Gokkon 16 Jan 2020

To deter Chinese sea claims, Indonesia puts its fishers on the front line

Basten Gokkon 14 Jan 2020

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