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Indonesia shows elevated fire hotspot activity in 2026 as super El Niño threat looms

Hans Nicholas Jong, Irfan Maulana 29 Jul 2026
Explosives and other remnants of World War II at the Japanese Cave in Biak.

Fatal WWII bomb blast in Indonesia was a result of illegal fishing activity, police say

Asrida Elisabeth 29 Jul 2026

Indonesian zoo corruption case renews scrutiny of animal welfare

Basten Gokkon 29 Jul 2026
A pair of orphaned orangutans in Sabah.

Major orangutan study finds Sumatran population fell nearly 20% despite slower forest loss

Hans Nicholas Jong, Junaidi Hanafiah 27 Jul 2026

New treaty promises safer conditions for Indonesia’s fishing crews

M Ambari 24 Jul 2026

Sea salt in Lombok Island, Indonesia is contaminated with microplastics: study

David Brown 23 Jul 2026

New bird species identified on remote Indonesian island

Naina Rao 23 Jul 2026
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Warming world could push Southeast Asia forests toward thermal limits, new study

Carolyn Cowan 15 Jul 2026

Mongabay, Scientific American, and Project Multatuli release a documentary on Indonesia’s new capital

Leah Varjacques, Rizky Rahad, Sandy Watt 15 Jul 2026

Small-scale farming, logging eclipse megaprojects as top threats to Tapanuli orangutan habitat

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Jul 2026

Southeast Asian mangroves shift from historic decline to net growth

Naina Rao 13 Jul 2026
Photograph of a Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) submitted by a KehatiKu citizen observer.

Can a photo save orangutans?

Juan Maza 11 Jul 2026
Seagrass meadows, pictured above, play a critical role in carbon sequestration and protecting coastlines.

Scientists use AI to produce first high-resolution map of global seagrass extent

Abhishyant Kidangoor 10 Jul 2026
Tanjung Priok Customs officers inspect pangolin scales intended to be smuggled to Cambodia. Image courtesy of Tanjung Priok Customs.

Suspect charged and manhunt continues over Jakarta 3-ton pangolin scales case

Anggita Raissa 10 Jul 2026

Lawmakers seek rights probe into Indigenous conflict at Indonesian timber firm

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Jul 2026
Women's support group in Southeast Asia.

In Southeast Asia, peer-support network boosts women’s well-being in conservation

Carolyn Cowan 6 Jul 2026
Crew members from Southeast Asia work to unload fish on purse seiners in the Western Pacific Ocean in 2023.

Indonesia’s ratification of fishing labor reforms will also boost conservation (commentary)

Muhamad Nour 2 Jul 2026
Fire in a peat forest in Kalimantan. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

A possible strong El Niño fuels fears for fires across Indonesian tropical peatlands

Rendy Tisna 2 Jul 2026

New Indonesia roadmap aims to protect Indigenous knowledge for biodiversity

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Jul 2026

Indonesia’s blackouts reignite debate over coal-dependent energy transition

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Jul 2026

Hong Kong’s urban cockatoos could be a genetic lifeline for Indonesian ancestors

Naina Rao 29 Jun 2026
A Sumatran tiger, estimated to be 11 months old, was caught in a snare in Rao Utara district, Pasaman Regency, May 21, 2026.

Crackdown on snares in Sumatra as elephant, sun bear and tiger rescued

Jaka Hendra Baittri, Vinolia 25 Jun 2026
Conservation groups have launched a plan to save the critically endangered Javan green magpie. As few as 50 may remain in the wild. Image courtesy of Andrew Owen/Chester Zoo.

On the brink of extinction, the Javan green magpie gets a conservation lifeline

Sean Mowbray 25 Jun 2026
Perpetrators were attempting to smuggle these hornbills in a car from Aceh, but were caught by officers in a joint operation.

Indonesia driver sentenced over organized crime group trafficking live orangutan

Junaidi Hanafiah 24 Jun 2026
Tropical forest in Borneo. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

Deforestation is just a symptom. The disease is de-governance (commentary)

Ambrosius Ruwindrijarto 23 Jun 2026
A macaque in a pet market in Jakarta.

First global summit held in Indonesia to tackle animal cruelty content

Asad Asnawi 23 Jun 2026

Pulp and paper giant APRIL’s supplier choices put FSC remedy process to the test

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Jun 2026

Pulp and paper giant APRIL adds major deforesters as suppliers after revising sustainability policy

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Jun 2026

Climate-fueled landslides killed an estimated 58 Tapanuli orangutans, study finds

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Jun 2026

‘Lost’ parrot rediscovered on remote Indonesian peak

Naina Rao 16 Jun 2026
A full-circle rainbow arcing over a vast oil palm plantation in Jambi, Indonesia, carved out of what was once native rainforest. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Southeast Asian nations chart important new course toward environmental justice (commentary)

John Knox 11 Jun 2026

Environmental group intervenes in lawsuit to help orangutans, tigers in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Jun 2026

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