Hans Nicholas Jong

Hans Nicholas Jong

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Hans Nicholas Jong is an environmental journalist and staff writer at Mongabay, based in Jakarta. He covers environmental governance, climate policy, extractive industries, and land rights in Indonesia and beyond.

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FSC dumps palm oil giant Korindo amid rights, environmental issues in Papua

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Jul 2021

Top brands failing to spot rights abuses on Indonesian oil palm plantations

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 Jul 2021

Indonesia bets on biofuels over oil, but EVs could render both moot

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Jul 2021

Activists take Indonesia’s mining law to court, but don’t expect much

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Jul 2021

Deforestation of orangutan habitat feeds global palm oil demand, report shows

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Jun 2021

Environmental benefits or social — but rarely both — under RSPO, study finds

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Jun 2021

Coal phase-out plan gets pushback in power-hungry Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Jun 2021

Final court ruling orders Indonesian government to publish plantation data

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Jun 2021

Indonesia’s biodiesel program fuels deforestation threat, report warns

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Jun 2021

Indonesia to retire coal-fired power plants while also adding more

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Jun 2021

West Papua revokes quarter of a million hectares of land from palm oil

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Jun 2021

Mining linked yet again to another severe flood in Indonesian Borneo

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Jun 2021

Lean times leave orangutans wasting away. Habitat loss makes things worse

Hans Nicholas Jong 31 May 2021

Indonesian president slammed for ‘wait-and-see’ approach on climate action

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 May 2021

FSC-certified Indonesian logger may have cleared orangutan habitat: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 May 2021

Indonesia says no new coal plants from 2023 (after the next 100 or so)

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 May 2021

Indonesian omnibus law’s ‘whitewash’ of illegal palm oil shocks its architects

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 May 2021

Belgium-sized swath of forest faces the chop from Indonesian palm oil

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 May 2021

Deadly landslide hits Indonesian dam project in orangutan habitat, again

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Apr 2021

Indigenous Dayak man jailed after Indonesian palm oil firm alleges theft

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Apr 2021

Companies and officials flout forest-clearing moratorium in Papua, report finds

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Apr 2021

Indonesia’s bid to control deforestation wildly off-target, experts say

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Apr 2021

Indonesia’s net-zero emissions goal not ambitious enough, activists say

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Apr 2021

Palm oil waste is latest item declared non-hazardous by Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Apr 2021

Palm oil firm Digoel Agri said to clear Papuan forest without Indigenous consent

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Mar 2021
Indonesian New Guinea is home to species like this Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita). Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Oil palm growers’ misdeeds allow an opportunity to save West Papua’s forests

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Mar 2021

In Indonesia, pulp and paper firms stoke demand that may drive deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Mar 2021

Secretive group found to have cleared orangutan habitat in Indonesia: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Mar 2021

Peatland on fire again as burning season starts in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Mar 2021

Palm oil conflicts persist amid lack of resolution in Indonesian Borneo

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Mar 2021

Mining sites in Indonesia’s disaster-prone areas a ticking time bomb: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Mar 2021

Deforestation in Indonesia hits record low, but experts fear a rebound

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Mar 2021

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