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In first for Indonesia, government recognizes Indigenous Papuans’ ancestral forests

Asrida Elisabeth, Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Dec 2022
Deforestation for oil palm in Malaysia.

Report calls on palm oil firms to make up for nearly 1m hectares of forest loss

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Nov 2022
Mother and baby orangutans.

What can Half or Whole Earth conservation strategies do for orangutans?

John Cannon 28 Nov 2022
Two sand sea cucumbers.

Fishers in Flores Sea opt to limit harvest of overexploited sea cucumbers

Wahyu Chandra 28 Nov 2022

Indonesia’s Supreme Court rules President Widodo not liable in 2015 fires

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Nov 2022

Indonesia’s orangutans declining amid ‘lax’ and ‘laissez-faire’ law enforcement

Basten Gokkon 25 Nov 2022
View of Suralaya coal power plant in Cilegon city, Banten Province, Indonesia.

Indonesia to build coal plants despite $20b deal on clean energy transition

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Nov 2022

Tunnel collapse at dam project in orangutan habitat claims yet another life

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 Nov 2022
Deforestation in Kapuas Hulu, Indonesian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Where is the money? Brazil, Indonesia and Congo join forces in push for rainforest protection cash

Shanna Hanbury 18 Nov 2022

Sulawesi nickel plant coats nearby homes in toxic dust

Eko Rusdianto 17 Nov 2022

Indonesia seals $20 billion deal with G7 to speed up clean energy transition

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Nov 2022

Indonesia’s grand EV plans hinge on a ‘green’ industrial park that likely isn’t

Justin Jin Soong Liew, Chun Sheng Goh 15 Nov 2022

Stem cells may make ‘impossible possible’ for near-extinct Sumatran rhino

Basten Gokkon 15 Nov 2022

With new EU rules ahead, Indonesia adds sustainability to its timber legality system

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Nov 2022

EU ‘moving the goal posts’ with new timber requirement, Indonesia says

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Nov 2022

How Mitsubishi vacuumed up tuna from a rogue Chinese fishing fleet

Annelise Giseburt 10 Nov 2022

Tensions boil in Sumatra over a palm oil promise villagers say has yet to be kept

Jaka Hendra Baittri 9 Nov 2022

Here come the sunbirds: New species from Indonesia’s Wakatobi Islands

Basten Gokkon 9 Nov 2022

Report unveils ties between Indonesian conglomerate Sinar Mas and Canada’s Paper Excellence

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Nov 2022

‘There are solutions to these abuses’: Q&A with Steve Trent on how China can rein in illegal fishing

Philip Jacobson 3 Nov 2022
A deckhand on the Long Xing 626 in DOF’s Atlantic fleet displays what experts who reviewed the image identified as a blue shark (Prionace glauca) in this photo posted to Facebook. The animal on the ground is a leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea).

Exclusive: Shark finning rampant across Chinese tuna firm’s fleet

Philip Jacobson, Basten Gokkon 1 Nov 2022
Rainbow over Jambi, Indonesia. Photo credit: Rhett Ayers Butler / Mongabay

In new climate deal, Norway will pay Indonesia $56 million for drop in deforestation, emissions

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Nov 2022
A feral Moluccan cockatoo.

Survey finds thriving online market for Indonesian birds in Philippines

Danielle Keeton-Olsen 26 Oct 2022
Deramakot forest reserve is a FSC-certified logging concession in Sabah, Malaysia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

With FSC rule change, deforesters once blocked from certification get a new shot

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Oct 2022
Rainbow over Jambi, Indonesia. Photo credit: Rhett Ayers Butler / Mongabay

Drive for restoration and remedy behind some NGOs’ cautious support for FSC changes (commentary)

Grant Rosoman 21 Oct 2022
View of Suralaya coal power plant in Cilegon city, Banten Province, Indonesia.

Early retirement for Indonesian coal plants could cut CO2, boost jobs, analysis says

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Oct 2022
Conservation Response Unit team in Cot Girek pose while also trying to control Marni the elephant.

Life in the awe-and-terror-inspiring vicinity of the Sumatran elephant

Philip Jacobson 20 Oct 2022
An orangutan under treatment.

Severe malaria cases in rescued orangutans raises concerns for wild populations

Sean Mowbray 20 Oct 2022

Sustainability pledges help Indonesia produce palm oil with less deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Oct 2022
Coral reef in Indonesia.

Shallow-water mining isn’t the eco alternative to deep-sea mining, study says

Cassie Freund 17 Oct 2022

As Indonesia protects more marine areas, top priority is management: experts

Basten Gokkon 14 Oct 2022
Mirnawati in front of the ancient Semokan Ruak mosque

Indonesian beauty queen founds Indigenous coffee brand in her native Lombok

Fathul Rakhman 13 Oct 2022

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