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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Marchers carry banners calling for Indonesia to reject coal in favour of clean renewable energy, and to honour the commitment made in the Paris Agreement (May 2016). Image courtesy of Break Free via Flicrk (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

As Indonesia, US back away from climate goals, hopes fade to retire coal plants early

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jeff Hutton 20 Feb 2025
A coal-fired power plant at night in the nickel industrial area in Halmahera.

US security think tank warns of China’s grip over Indonesian nickel industry

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Feb 2025
Peatland forest in Central Kalimantan.

Protecting peatlands and mangroves could halve Southeast Asia’s land-use emissions

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Feb 2025

Indonesia’s militarized crackdown on illegal forest use sparks human rights concerns

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Feb 2025

Surge in legal land clearing pushes up Indonesia deforestation rate in 2024

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Feb 2025
A pair of orphaned orangutans in Sabah.

Indonesia targets 2.3m hectares of protected forests for food & biofuel crop production

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Feb 2025

Indonesia mulls Paris Agreement exit, citing fairness and energy transition costs

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Feb 2025
Aerial view of coal mining in East Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo.

Indonesia rushes mining law amendments, raising environmental and governance alarms

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Jan 2025

Coming to a retailer near you: Illegal palm oil from an orangutan haven

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Jan 2025

Indonesian scientist under fire for revealing extent of illegal tin mining

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Jan 2025
Forest near Rabia on the island of Waigeo in Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Photo credit: Rhett Ayers Butler.

Indonesian forestry minister proposes 20m hectares of deforestation for crops

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Jan 2025
An orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) in East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Indonesian company defies order, plants acacia in orangutan habitat

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Jan 2025

Indonesian president says palm oil expansion won’t deforest because ‘oil palms have leaves’

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Jan 2025

Indonesia risks carbon ‘backfire’ with massive deforestation for sugarcane

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Dec 2024
The Dayak Pitap community lives dependent on nature.

Indonesia’s Indigenous communities sidelined from conservation

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Dec 2024

Indonesia reforestation plan a smoke screen for agriculture project, critics say

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Dec 2024

Activists fear supercharged ‘business as usual’ under Indonesia’s new president

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Nov 2024
Oil palm plantation

New standard for ethical palm oil faces backlash before it’s even issued

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Nov 2024

Indigenous advocates lament decade of failures by Indonesia’s Jokowi

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Oct 2024

Will a forest in Borneo be gutted for ‘green’ energy?

Hans Nicholas Jong, Sandy Watt 21 Oct 2024

Revealed: Biomass firm poised to clear Bornean rainforest for dubious ‘green’ energy

Hans Nicholas Jong, Philip Jacobson 21 Oct 2024
Oil palm plantation and native tropical rainforest on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. Photo credit: Rhett Ayers Butler

Indonesia investigates suspected corruption in palm oil amnesty program

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Oct 2024

‘Thugs’ disrupt Jakarta climate march as attacks on civil liberties increase

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Oct 2024

Past failures can’t stop Indonesia from clearing forests, Indigenous lands for farms

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Oct 2024

Cost-benefit analysis exposes ‘bogus’ promises of palm oil riches for Papuans

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Oct 2024

As MotoGP heads to Indonesia, Indigenous Sasak brace for another weekend of repression

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Sep 2024
Why the EU must stand firm on its plan to help protect the world’s forests

US consumers may be exposed to deforestation-linked palm oil via dairy: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Sep 2024

World’s biggest deforestation project gets underway in Papua for sugarcane

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Sep 2024

Sumatra citizen lawsuit seeks accountability for haze-causing fires

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Sep 2024

‘Stop the stupidity’: Indonesia’s top court orders end to mine in quake zone

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Sep 2024

Wildlife-rich mangroves suffer as Indonesia ramps up construction of new capital

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Sep 2024
An aerial view of illegally logged timber in Chhaeb-Preah Roka Wildlife Sanctuary that was documented on a patrol in April 2023 by members of the Prey Preah Roka Community Network – a grassroots activism group made up of communities around the wildlife sanctuary. Image by Andy Ball / Mongabay.

World’s top timber companies are dropping the ball on ESG reporting: Analysis

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Aug 2024

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