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Migrant fishers haul a shark aboard DOF’s Long Xing 621 vessel in the mid-Atlantic in September 2021. Image by Tommy Trenchard for Greenpeace.

Indonesia pursues agreements to protect its fishers on foreign vessels

Basten Gokkon 6 Sep 2022

Three-fourths of waste in Jakarta’s notoriously polluted rivers is plastic

Basten Gokkon 29 Aug 2022

Indonesia backtracks on plan criticized for ‘privatizing’ fisheries resources

Basten Gokkon 11 Aug 2022
Adam, one of the residents of Rusunawa Marunda.

For residents of Jakarta’s port district, coal is the neighbor no one wants

Fadiyah Alaidrus 27 Jul 2022

As Jakarta chokes on toxic air, Indonesian government stalls on taking action

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Jun 2022

Indonesia issues long-delayed rules to protect migrant fishing workers

Basten Gokkon 14 Jun 2022

‘The promise was a lie’: How Indonesian villagers lost their cut of the palm oil boom

Mongabay, The Gecko Project, BBC News 23 May 2022

Indonesian ex-minister gets sentence cut for ‘good work’ fueled by corruption

Basten Gokkon 10 Mar 2022

Indonesia aims for sustainable fish farming with ‘aquaculture villages’

Luh De Suriyani, M Ambari 7 Jan 2022

Light exhibits at Indonesian botanic garden spark commercialization concerns

Ahmad Supardi, Rahmadi Rahmad 19 Oct 2021

Indonesia’s newly minted investigators to go after illegal fishing kingpins

Basten Gokkon 1 Sep 2021

2 Sumatran tigers recovering from COVID-19 at Jakarta zoo

Mongabay.com 2 Aug 2021
View of Suralaya coal power plant in Cilegon city, Banten Province, Indonesia.

Never mind the mercury: Indonesia says coal ash isn’t hazardous

Basten Gokkon 11 Mar 2021

The women of Kendeng set their feet in cement to stop a mine in their lands. This is their story.

Febriana Firdaus 13 Nov 2020

Indonesia’s new deregulation law to hurt small fishers, coastal communities

Basten Gokkon 14 Oct 2020

Lockdown should have cleared up Jakarta’s air. Coal plants kept it dirty

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Aug 2020

Indonesia identifies rhino to capture for breeding, but will have to wait until next year

Basten Gokkon 9 Jul 2020

Investigation hints at cronyism in awarding of Indonesia lobster export permits

Basten Gokkon 7 Jul 2020

Trafficking of thousands of songbirds highlights rampant trade in Indonesia

Ayat S. Karokaro 3 Jul 2020

Indonesia reopens national parks to tourists as COVID-19 cases rise

Mongabay.com 1 Jul 2020

Indonesia resumes release of captive wildlife amid COVID-19

Basten Gokkon 22 Jun 2020

Indonesia’s lobster export safeguards won’t end smuggling, scientists warn

Basten Gokkon 10 Jun 2020

A watery onslaught from sea, sky and land in the world’s fastest-sinking city

Johan Augustin 27 Apr 2020

Sinking feeling for Indonesian fishers as COVID-19 hits seafood sales

Falahi Mubarok, M Ambari 7 Apr 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

Indonesia probes suspected nuclear waste dumping at housing estate

Barita News Lumbanbatu, Basten Gokkon 19 Feb 2020

In Indonesian renewables bill, activists see chance to move away from coal

Basten Gokkon 14 Feb 2020

Indonesia-WWF split puts rhino breeding project in Borneo in limbo

Basten Gokkon 3 Feb 2020

Borneo locals win a court battle to bar a coal miner from their land

Lusia Arumingtyas 30 Jan 2020

Jakarta floods spark renewed calls for stronger environmental protection

Basten Gokkon 7 Jan 2020

Environmental damage exacerbates Jakarta flooding amid record rainfall

Basten Gokkon 2 Jan 2020

Plan to lift baby lobster export ban draws fire in Indonesia

Basten Gokkon 20 Dec 2019

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