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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Sumatran habitat for tigers, orangutans gets a partial reprieve from development

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 May 2018

Indonesian activists protest China-funded dam in orangutan habitat

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 May 2018

Failed rice fields may get new lease of life under Indonesian peat restoration project

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 May 2018

Environmental defenders fear backlash as defendant sues expert over testimony

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Apr 2018
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Study puts a figure to hidden cost of community-company conflict in palm oil industry

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Apr 2018

Indonesian oil palm smallholders sue state over subsidy to biofuel producers

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Apr 2018

Bid to protect indigenous Indonesians hit by ministry’s doubts over rights bill

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Apr 2018
Indonesian rainforest. Photo for Mongabay by Rhett A. Butler.

Unified land-use map for Indonesia nears launch, but concerns over access remain

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Apr 2018

Indonesia to punish state firm over litany of failures behind Borneo oil spill

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Apr 2018

Small farmers not ready as Indonesia looks to impose its palm oil sustainability standard on all

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 Apr 2018

Activists fear for environmental protection under Indonesia’s revised Criminal Code

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Apr 2018

Indonesia land swap, meant to protect peatlands, risks wider deforestation, NGOs say

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Apr 2018

South Korean company under fire for alleged deforestation in Papua oil palm concession

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Apr 2018

Indonesia’s dying timber concessions, invaded by oil palms, top deforestation table

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Apr 2018

Study: Indonesia’s ambitious peat restoration initiative severely underfunded

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Mar 2018

Indonesian graftbusters put a price tag on environmental crime

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Mar 2018

Company outed for fires in Indonesian palm lease still clearing forests in timber concession, NGO finds

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Mar 2018

Indonesia launches bid to restore national park that’s home to tigers, elephants

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Mar 2018

Five years after zero-deforestation vow, little sign of progress from Indonesian pulp giant

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Mar 2018

Debates heat up as Indonesian palm oil moratorium is about to be signed

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 Mar 2018
Illegal forest clearingfor oil palm in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Public access to Indonesian plantation data still mired in bureaucracy

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Mar 2018

In eastern Indonesia, a forest tribe pushes back against miners and loggers

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Mar 2018

Pepsi cuts off Indonesian palm oil supplier over labor, sustainability concerns

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Mar 2018

Indonesia braces for return of fire season as hotspots flare up

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Feb 2018

Activists: Palm oil must not get wider access to EU under Indonesia trade talks

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Feb 2018

Scientists from Indonesia, Germany and the Netherlands win Indonesian Peat Prize

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Feb 2018

As Indonesia gears up for elections, activists brace for an environmental sell-off

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Feb 2018

‘Eye of Papua’ shines a light on environmental, indigenous issues in Indonesia’s last frontier

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Feb 2018

Faith in the forest helps Indonesia’s Dayaks keep plantations, loggers at bay

Hans Nicholas Jong, Indra Nugraha 8 Feb 2018
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Deforestation wanes in Indonesia’s Aceh and Leuser Ecosystem, but threats remain, NGO says

Hans Nicholas Jong, Junaidi Hanafiah 5 Feb 2018

Indonesian palm, pulp companies commit to peatland restoration

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Feb 2018
Buttress roots of a rainforest tree in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Is a plantation a forest? Indonesia says yes, as it touts a drop in deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 31 Jan 2018

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