In Indonesia’s West Sumbawa, tide turns on taste for turtle eggs
WEST SUMBAWA, Indonesia — “Gentlemen present in the room — have you ever eaten turtle eggs?” This was how Musyafirin, the head of West Sumbawa district in Indonesia’s West Nusa…
Articles by Fathul Rakhman
Indonesian lobster exporters, advised by a smuggler, flout domestic requirements
LOMBOK, Indonesia — Jafarudin, a fisherman from Indonesia’s Lombok Island, had been looking forward to the resumption of baby lobster exports. Months before the Indonesian fisheries ministry made an official…
Critics push back as cable car project for Indonesia’s Rinjani is revived
LOMBOK, Indonesia — Environmental activists have called on authorities in Indonesia’s Lombok Island to drop plans for a cable car project serving a UNESCO-listed national park. The government of West…
For one Indonesian village, mangrove restoration has been all upside
PAREMAS, Indonesia — Harniati keeps her youngest daughter close as the pair walk along the footpath from this village to the southeast coast of Lombok Island. For years, the people…
Arson attack in Indonesia leaves activist shaken
MENEMENG, Indonesia — An environmental activist and his family survived an attack on their lives early Sunday morning after assailants barricaded them inside their home and set it on fire.…
In an Indonesian village, compressor diving for fish is a dangerous business
SERIWE, Indonesia – Sunardi remembers the sky lit up red with sunset as he checked the bag his wife had prepared: Change of clothes, check. Cigarettes, dinner, check. He examined…
Indigenous architecture saves lives in Lombok quakes
BELEQ, Indonesia — “Alhamdulillah, my family is safe,” says a misty-eyed Jumayar, giving thanks to god. His home, once proud and tall, lies crumpled beside him in a tangle of…
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Endangered Environmentalists
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- Scientists call for end to violence against Amazon communities, environmental defenders
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Indonesia's Forest Guardians
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- Aziil Anwar, Indonesian coral-based mangrove grower, dies at 64
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Conservation Effectiveness
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- Nepal was supposed to double its tiger population since 2010. It tripled it
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Southeast Asian infrastructure
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