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Smoke rising from smoldering peatland in PT Raja Garuda Mas Sejati. Photo courtesy of Greenpeace Media Library.

Indonesian peat restoration has more benefits than it costs, study finds

Basten Gokkon 15 Dec 2021
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With La Niña conditions back, is it good news for tropical forests?

Carolyn Cowan 22 Nov 2021

Report: Orangutans and their habitat in Indonesia need full protection now

Basten Gokkon 19 Nov 2021

Palm oil firm that dried out its land held not liable for fires that followed

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Nov 2021

Indonesian park officials douse wildfire in Javan leopard habitat

Asad Asnawi 12 Oct 2021

Indonesian pulpwood firms told to protect peat are doing the opposite: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Aug 2021

Indonesia eyes less severe fire season, but COVID-19 could turn it deadly

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Jul 2021

Wildfires turn up the heat on farmers growing Indonesia’s ‘hottest’ pepper

M Rahim Arza 6 Jul 2021

Illegal clearing for agriculture is driving tropical deforestation: Report

Justin Catanoso 20 May 2021

Indonesian president slammed for ‘wait-and-see’ approach on climate action

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 May 2021
Deforestation in Kapuas Hulu regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Global forest loss increased in 2020

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Mar 2021

In Indonesia, pulp and paper firms stoke demand that may drive deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Mar 2021

Peatland on fire again as burning season starts in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Mar 2021
A Bornean orangutan. Image by John C. Cannon/Mongabay.

Forest patches amid agriculture are key to orangutan survival: Study

John Cannon 26 Feb 2021

Paper giant APP failing its own sustainability goals, report alleges

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Jan 2021

Indonesia renews peat restoration bid to include mangroves, but hurdles abound

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Jan 2021
Blackwater oxbow lake, rainforest, and a whitewater river in the Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

How the pandemic impacted rainforests in 2020: a year in review

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Dec 2020

Money to burn: Study finds fire-prevention incentives in Indonesia don’t work

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Dec 2020
A pile of wood that has been prepared to be burned in land controlled by Korindo in Papua. Photo courtesy of Mighty Earth

Palm oil giant Korindo accused again of illegally burning Papuan rainforest

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Nov 2020

‘Zero-deforestation’ paper giant APRIL justifies clearing of Sumatran peatland

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Oct 2020

Which version? Confusion over environmental fallout of Indonesia deregulation law

Hans Nicholas Jong, Philip Jacobson 13 Oct 2020
Deforestation in Indonesian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Experts question integrity of Indonesia’s claim of avoided deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Sep 2020

Paper giant APP linked to Indonesia peat clearing despite sustainability vow

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Sep 2020
Microsoft Zoom Earth satellite image show a section of burned peatland in the region in Central Kalimantan where the rice project is planned.

Indonesia pushes rice estate project despite environmental red flags

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Aug 2020

COVID-19 may worsen burning and haze as Indonesia enters dry season

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Jul 2020

Palm oil from Indonesian grower that burned forest is still being sold

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Jun 2020

COVID-19 and rainforest fires set up potential public health crisis

John Cannon 18 Jun 2020

Indonesia to receive $56m payment from Norway for reducing deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 May 2020

In Indonesia’s new rice plan, experts see the blueprint of an epic past failure

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 May 2020

What can we expect from tropical fire season 2020?

Mike Gaworecki 13 May 2020
Sungai Utik river in West Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Activists challenge Indonesia deregulation bill that threatens environment

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 May 2020

Healing the world through ‘radical listening’: Q&A with Dr. Kinari Webb

Justin Catanoso 30 Apr 2020

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