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Indonesian governor latest official busted for bribes in environmental case

Indra Nugraha 12 Jul 2019
Road running through drained and burned peatlands. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

‘Dangerous’ new regulation puts Indonesia’s carbon-rich peatlands at risk

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Jul 2019
Oil palm plantation in Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Can jurisdictional certification curb palm oil deforestation in Indonesia? (commentary)

John Watts, Dan Nepstad, Silvia Irawan 10 Jul 2019

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

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Jul 2019

In Indonesia, a land ‘left behind’ weighs its development alternatives

Ian Morse 9 Jul 2019

Drowning deaths at disused mines in Indonesia renew calls for action

Yovanda 4 Jul 2019

Ocean currents spin a web of interconnected fisheries around the world

Basten Gokkon 4 Jul 2019

Travelogue: Ground-truthing satellite data in Borneo (Insider)

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Jul 2019

Search for a new home for Javan rhinos put on hold

Basten Gokkon 2 Jul 2019
Not for republication. Image by Rod Harbinson/Rodharbinson.com

An Indonesian forest community grapples with the arrival of the outside world

Rod Harbinson 1 Jul 2019
Iban dugout canoes on the Utik river in Sungai Utik's customary forest in West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Indigenous Iban community defends rainforests, but awaits lands rights recognition

Aseanty Pahlevi, Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Jul 2019

Southeast Asian countries pledge to tackle marine plastic waste crisis

Basten Gokkon 27 Jun 2019

Customary land map, a first for Indonesia, launches to mixed reception

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Jun 2019

No environmental permit for Bali bay reclamation plan amid opposition

Basten Gokkon 25 Jun 2019

Sumatran rhinos to get a new sanctuary in Leuser Ecosystem

Basten Gokkon 18 Jun 2019

Despite a decade of zero-deforestation vows, forest loss continues: Greenpeace

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Jun 2019

How to save insects and ourselves

Jeremy Hance 13 Jun 2019

Out on a limb: Unlikely collaboration boosts orangutans in Borneo

Nina Finley 12 Jun 2019

The tropics in trouble and some hope

Jeremy Hance 10 Jun 2019
Peat forest clearing in Indonesian Borneo in June 2019. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Indonesian ban on clearing new swaths of forest to be made permanent

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Jun 2019

For artisanal fishers, fish fences are an easy, but problematic, option

Basten Gokkon 5 Jun 2019

Rare rhino’s death should light a fire under Indonesia (commentary)

Jeremy Hance 30 May 2019

Vets rule out poaching and disease in recent death of rare Javan rhino

Mongabay.com 29 May 2019

Otter cafés and ‘cute pets craze’ fuel illegal trafficking in Japan and Indonesia

Erik Hoffner 28 May 2019

A forest beset by oil palms, logging, now contends with a coal-trucking road

Elviza Diana 28 May 2019

Malaysia’s last male rhino is fading fast, officials say

Mongabay.com 24 May 2019

Exposing coal-fueled politics: Q&A with investigative journo Dandhy Laksono

Basten Gokkon 24 May 2019

Documentary on world’s rarest ape generates film festival buzz

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 May 2019

Indonesia calls on palm oil industry, obscured by secrecy, to remain opaque

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 May 2019
A bucket of fish at a market in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia. Image by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay

Monitoring hack shines a light on fishing boats operating under cover of dark

Basten Gokkon 17 May 2019

In Indonesia, a flawed certification scheme lets illegal loggers raze away

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 May 2019

As Indonesia mulls moving the capital, indigenous groups fear another land grab

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 16 May 2019

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