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Gayatri Reksodihardjo-Lilley. Photo by Surya Risuana.

Gayatri Reksodihardjo-Lilley, who helped Indonesian communities restore their reefs, has died

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Nov 2025
A Bali starling sings with its beak wide open

Indigenous-led protections spark Bali starling’s recovery in the wild

Heather Physioc 2 Oct 2025
A traditional fisher in Bali, 2013.

EV trial among Bali east coast fishers shows promise amid headwinds

Luh De Suriyani 22 Sep 2025
A woman sits under a tree surrounded by dry waste in East Java.

Burning, burying and banning: Indonesia’s cities struggle to manage their garbage

Jeff Hutton 23 Jul 2025
A seaweed farmer on Nusa Lembongan flashes a warm, cheeky smile as she moves through her daily harvesting routine.

Indonesian women sustain seaweed traditions in a changing climate

Maddy Bolt 10 Jun 2025
A sea turtle.

Concerns of illegal sea turtle trade persist in Bali as police foil smugglers

Luh De Suriyani 27 Feb 2025
A long-tailed macaque in Bali, Indonesia.

Sun, sand and skulls: Bali tourism trade peddles threatened primate skulls

Spoorthy Raman 12 Feb 2025
Conservationist Wayan Wardika in the farm.

A Bali farm lights up the night with a one-of-a-kind firefly lab

Claire Turrell 23 Dec 2024
Banner image of Galaxea astreata coral colony in Nusa Penida in Bali, Indonesia, courtesy of Ocean Gardener.

Scientists in Bali find what could be the world’s largest coral colony

Kristine Sabillo 17 Dec 2024
Farmers on rice terraces in Bali.

In Bali, water temple priests guide a sustainable rice production system

Elizabeth Sinclair 26 Aug 2024

Photos: Mangrove photo contest showcases vulnerability and resilience

Bobby Bascomb 26 Jul 2024

Bali’s rapid coastal erosion threatens island’s ecosystems & communities: Study

Basten Gokkon 22 Jun 2024

Iconic Indonesian raptor still threatened by habitat degradation, isolation

Basten Gokkon 12 Dec 2023
A farmer in a rice paddy field.

Bali rice experiment cuts greenhouse gas emissions and increases yields

Claire Turrell 11 Aug 2023

Indonesia eyes enrolling more ports in fight against illegal fishing

Basten Gokkon 1 Jun 2023
A man canoing among the mangroves

Indonesia’s mangrove revival hindered by conflicting policies

Gafur Abdullah 12 Dec 2022
A farmer shows a salak variant

In Bali, snakefruit farmers hope agroforestry bears fruit as island reopens

Luh de Suryani 1 Sep 2022
Coral reef in Indonesia

For more fish and healthier coral in Bali, focus on communities and connectivity: Study

Carolyn Cowan 6 May 2022

With loss of forests, Bali villages find themselves vulnerable to disaster

Luh De Suriyani 29 Nov 2021

Bali’s new highway project sparks concerns about agriculture and conservation areas

Sachi Kondo 18 Nov 2021
A siamang in Indonesia. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

In Bali, prominent official faces backlash over illegal pet gibbon

Luh De Suriyani 7 Oct 2021

In Bali, the pandemic unravels a hard-won campaign to save Benoa Bay

Alaine Johnson 12 Oct 2020

Indonesia’s $300m geothermal play risks being undercut by cheap coal

Basten Gokkon 19 Jun 2020

After a century of mistaken identity, a Balinese gecko gets its own name

Fransisca N. Tirtaningtyas, Rahmadi Rahmad 4 Jun 2020

In race for a sustainable alternative to plastic, Indonesia bets on seaweed

Johan Augustin 25 Mar 2020
Artisanal Indonesian fishermen are expected to benefit from the fisheries bill proposed by the ministry. Image courtesy of Ministry of Marine and Fisheries.

Deregulation bill hurts Indonesia’s fishers, coastal communities, experts say

Basten Gokkon 2 Mar 2020
A trash picker looks for recyclable plastics at a waste dump in Bali. Image by Jonas Gratzer for Mongabay.

In Bali, young people lead the fight as a plastic plague threatens paradise

Johan Augustin 19 Feb 2020

Bali mangrove bay is now a conservation zone, nixing reclamation plan

Basten Gokkon 11 Oct 2019

A pearl oyster farm in Bali aims to be a sustainable source of the jewel

Basten Gokkon 13 Sep 2019

In Indonesia, a court victory for Bali’s ban on single-use plastics

Basten Gokkon 26 Jul 2019

No environmental permit for Bali bay reclamation plan amid opposition

Basten Gokkon 25 Jun 2019

Indonesia trains its citizens to deal with sea-mammal strandings

Basten Gokkon 24 Apr 2019

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