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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Indonesia aims for sustainability certification for oil palm smallholders

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Apr 2020

Farmer dies in custody after being charged in dispute with palm oil firm, prompting COVID-19 fears

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Apr 2020

Conflict between Indonesian villagers, pulpwood firm flares up over crop-killing drone

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Apr 2020

Forest fires in Indonesia set to add toxic haze to COVID-19 woes

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Apr 2020
Rainforest canopy in Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Obstacles abound in bid to protect Indonesia’s forests and cut emissions

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Apr 2020

Indonesia’s miners exploit loopholes to avoid restoring mining sites

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Apr 2020

Land conflicts escalate with spread of COVID-19 in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Apr 2020
Newly established oil palm plantation in Central Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Indonesia won’t ‘sacrifice economy’ for more ambitious emissions cuts

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Apr 2020

Watchdogs lament palm oil giant Wilmar’s exit from forest conservation alliance

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Apr 2020

Indonesian lawmakers push to pass deregulation bills as COVID-19 grips country

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Apr 2020

Indonesia road graft case lands Papua official, contractor in prison

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Apr 2020

Mining activity in Indonesia takes a hit from COVID-19 pandemic

Hans Nicholas Jong 31 Mar 2020

Indonesia risks timber trade with EU after scrapping license rules

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Mar 2020

Indonesia ends timber legality rule, stoking fears of illegal logging boom

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Mar 2020

Scientists call for independent review of dam project in orangutan habitat

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Mar 2020

‘Unbridled exploitation’: Mining amendments a boon for Indonesia’s coal industry

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Mar 2020

PepsiCo renews sustainable palm oil policy to close supplier loophole

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Mar 2020
Forest in West Papua. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

South Korea’s POSCO vows zero deforestation in Papua palm oil operation

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Mar 2020

Indonesia’s point man for palm oil says no more plantations in Papua

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Mar 2020

Activists skeptical of win as court orders Papua plantation maps published

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Feb 2020

Deregulation in Indonesia: Economy first, environment later. Maybe

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Feb 2020

Family seeks justice as probe into Indonesian activist’s death stalls

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Feb 2020

Indonesia targets pulpwood, palm oil firms in civil suits over 2019 fires

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Feb 2020

Uphill fight to shut disaster-amplifying gold mines in Indonesian park

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Feb 2020
Gold mining tailing pond near Mandor in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Experts see minefield of risk as Indonesia seeks environmental deregulation

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Feb 2020

As 2020 fire season nears, Indonesian president blasts officials for 2019

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Feb 2020

Indonesia softens stance on WWF termination as programs fall into limbo

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Feb 2020

Dam that threatens orangutan habitat is ‘wholly unnecessary’: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Jan 2020

Indonesian environment ministry ends WWF partnership amid public spat

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Jan 2020

Indonesia forest fires push orangutans into starvation mode, study finds

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Jan 2020

Indonesia’s push to become a tourism paradise sidelines land rights

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Jan 2020
Oil palm plantation in West Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Activists seek purge after Indonesia court rules forest plantations illegal

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Jan 2020

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