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Indonesia fires cost nation $5 billion this year: World Bank

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Dec 2019

Our fires weren’t as bad as in the Amazon, Indonesian officials claim

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Dec 2019

Paper and fast fashion fan the flames burning Indonesia’s peat: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Dec 2019

South Korea funding coal plants overseas that would be banned at home

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Nov 2019

Indonesia fires emitted double the carbon of Amazon fires, research shows

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Nov 2019

Indonesian fire expert awarded for exposing destruction by plantation firms

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 Nov 2019

Makers of Oreos, KitKats among brands linked to Indonesia forest fires

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Nov 2019

Photos: Peatland fires rage through Indonesia’s Sumatra Island

Nopri Ismi 1 Nov 2019

Lawsuit against Indonesian coal plant reveals permit irregularities

Ahmad Supardi 1 Nov 2019

Area the size of Puerto Rico burned in Indonesia’s fire crisis

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Oct 2019
Gold and sand mining near Mandor, West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

The unrecognized cost of Indonesia’s fires (commentary)

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Oct 2019

Hundreds protest pollution from coal-fired power plant in Java

L. Darmawan 4 Oct 2019

As wildfires roil Sumatra, some villages have abandoned the burning

Taufik Wijaya 3 Oct 2019

Indonesian enforcement questioned as fires flare up on the same concessions

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Oct 2019

A newborn dies amid Indonesia fire crisis, as parents fear for their kids’ health

Suryadi 27 Sep 2019

Wildfires spread to planned site of new Indonesian capital

Yovanda 26 Sep 2019

‘We’ve been negligent,’ Indonesia’s president says as fire crisis deepens

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Sep 2019

Worldwide deforestation rising despite bold commitments, report finds

Mongabay.com 13 Sep 2019

Indonesian minister draws fire for denial of transboundary haze problem

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Sep 2019

Photos: Forest fires rage on Sumatra oil palm concessions

Elviza Diana 11 Sep 2019

Diplomatic row heats up as haze from Indonesian fires threatens Malaysia

Mongabay.com 9 Sep 2019

Japan builds coal plants abroad that wouldn’t be allowed at home: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 Aug 2019

Haze from fires, Indonesia’s national ‘embarrassment,’ are back

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Aug 2019

Top court holds Indonesian government liable over 2015 forest fires

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Jul 2019

Indonesia’s president signals a transition away from coal power

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Jul 2019

Jakarta residents sue government over ‘world’s filthiest’ air quality

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Jul 2019

Meet Indonesia’s go-to expert witness against haze-causing plantation firms

Philip Jacobson 23 Apr 2019

Palm oil, logging firms the usual suspects as Indonesia fires flare anew

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Apr 2019

Indonesia’s threat to exit Paris accord over palm oil seen as cynical ploy

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Apr 2019

Environmental issues among top priorities of urban Indian voters: Report

Mayank Aggarwal 2 Apr 2019

Putting policy into practice to clean up South Asia’s dirty air (commentary)

Nalaka Gunawardene 26 Mar 2019
Fresh oil palm fruit bunches. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Study finds palm oil industry mimics Big Tobacco on health issues

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Feb 2019

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