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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As fire season worsens, Indonesian activists report four companies for burning

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Nov 2023

Report alleges APP continues deforestation 10 years after pledge to stop

Hans Nicholas Jong 31 Oct 2023
Palm oil plantations in West Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Indigenous Dayak ‘furious’ as RSPO dismisses land rights violation complaint

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Oct 2023

For 1st time, Indonesia government recognizes ancestral forests in Aceh — but only some

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Oct 2023
An orangutan in Sabah, Borneo

Deforestation surges in hotspot of critically endangered Bornean orangutans

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Oct 2023

Report: Half of plantations in Indonesia’s palm oil heartland are illegal

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 Oct 2023
Rainbow over rainforest in Sumatra. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Indonesia opens carbon trading market to both skepticism and hope

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Oct 2023

Indonesian police slammed after protester demanding rightful land is shot dead

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Oct 2023
Haze rising from an oil palm plantation and forest in Riau province.

‘Wasn’t us,’ fire-hit Indonesia claims as Malaysia chokes on poor air quality

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Oct 2023

Indonesia’s Mandalika project a litany of violations for Indigenous Sasak

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Oct 2023

Indonesia’s peatland restoration claims in question as fires flare up

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Oct 2023

Experts slam massive ‘discount’ in fines for Indonesian palm oil billionaire

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Sep 2023

Delay of Indonesia’s energy transition plan a chance to get public input

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Sep 2023

Deforestation for palm oil continues in Indonesia’s ‘orangutan capital’

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Sep 2023

Investors over islanders as Indonesia uses force to push development project

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 Sep 2023

El Niño leads to more fires and toxic air pollution in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Sep 2023

Kellogg’s latest to freeze Indonesian supplier over palm oil violations

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Sep 2023

Indonesian regulator gets 12 years’ jail for palm oil permit bribery

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Sep 2023

Court ruling spares Papua forest from further clearing for palm oil

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Sep 2023

Experts see red over Indonesia’s planned green investment label for coal plants

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Sep 2023

Indonesia awards biggest Indigenous forest claim yet to Bornean Dayaks

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Sep 2023

Palm oil giants Indonesia, Malaysia start talks with EU over deforestation rule

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Sep 2023

Captive coal-fired power plants hinder Indonesia energy transition deal

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Aug 2023

Activists slam coal pollution from Indonesia’s production of ‘clean’ batteries

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Aug 2023

Indonesia permit payoff raises alarm about palm oil industry corruption

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Aug 2023

Jakarta snags ‘most polluted’ title as air quality plunges and officials dither

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Aug 2023

Palm oil, pulpwood firms not doing enough to prevent peat fires, analysis shows

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Aug 2023

Have coal, will use it: Indonesia’s climate stance raises questions

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Aug 2023

Captive to coal: Indonesia to burn even more fossil fuel for green tech

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Aug 2023
A worker fertilizing on oil palm plantation in Papua, Indonesia.

New farmers foundation supports deforestation-free products in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Aug 2023

‘Sustainability is a continuous journey’: Q&A with RSPO’s Joseph D’Cruz

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Aug 2023
Army officers and and firefighters try to extinguish fires in peatland areas, Borneo.

Indonesian oil palm firm slapped with $61m fine for fires on its plantation

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Aug 2023

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