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Indonesia targets illegal fishing vessel owners under new bill

Basten Gokkon 31 May 2018

Environmental defenders fear backlash as defendant sues expert over testimony

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Apr 2018

Indonesian oil palm smallholders sue state over subsidy to biofuel producers

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Apr 2018

Bid to protect indigenous Indonesians hit by ministry’s doubts over rights bill

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Apr 2018

Small farmers not ready as Indonesia looks to impose its palm oil sustainability standard on all

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 Apr 2018

Activists fear for environmental protection under Indonesia’s revised Criminal Code

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Apr 2018

Indonesia may achieve renewables target, but still favors coal for power

Basten Gokkon 29 Mar 2018

In Jakarta, wildlife monitors find a hotspot for the illegal tortoise trade

Basten Gokkon 26 Mar 2018
Illegal forest clearingfor oil palm in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Public access to Indonesian plantation data still mired in bureaucracy

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Mar 2018

Scientists from Indonesia, Germany and the Netherlands win Indonesian Peat Prize

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Feb 2018

Indonesian palm, pulp companies commit to peatland restoration

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Feb 2018
Buttress roots of a rainforest tree in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Is a plantation a forest? Indonesia says yes, as it touts a drop in deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 31 Jan 2018
Coastal peatlands in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Indonesia prepares to adopt standardized peat-mapping technology

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Jan 2018

Indonesia buckles to protests against seine fishing ban

Basten Gokkon 25 Jan 2018

Indonesia to strengthen environmental impact assessments through process review

Basten Gokkon 24 Jan 2018

Indonesia hints rhino sperm transfer to Malaysia may finally happen this year

Basten Gokkon 24 Jan 2018

Legal recognition in the works for communities occupying Indonesia’s conservation areas

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Jan 2018

Indonesian parliament pushes for passage of palm oil legislation this year

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Jan 2018

Study on economic loss from Indonesia’s peat policies criticized

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Jan 2018

Indonesia in 2017: A fighting chance for peat protection, but an infrastructure beatdown for indigenous communities

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Jan 2018

Indonesia unveils plan to halve forest fires by 2019

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Dec 2017
Fire set for peatland clearing in Riau Province, Indonesia in July 2015. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Paper giant RAPP bows to peat-protection order after Indonesia court defeat

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Dec 2017

Indonesian mosques to take up the mantle of fighting climate change

Mongabay.com 21 Nov 2017

Indonesia coal power push neglects rural households, chokes urban ones

Basten Gokkon 14 Nov 2017
Adult male orangutan in Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Indonesia tries to learn from Brazil’s success in REDD+

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Nov 2017
Fire set for peatland clearing in Riau Province, Indonesia in July 2015. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Indonesian Supreme Court strikes down regulation on peat protection

Hans Nicholas Jong, Lusia Arumingtyas 2 Nov 2017

Jakarta reclamation project allowed to resume, but opposition remains

Basten Gokkon 18 Oct 2017

Thousands of anti-coal activists march in Jakarta, deliver complaints to anti-graft agency

Zamzami 29 Mar 2017

Forced evictions along Jakarta waterway a liability for Ahok as governor’s race nears finish line

Edith Koesoemawiria 13 Feb 2017

Controversial Jakarta land reclamation project gets legal go-ahead

Mongabay-indonesia 9 Nov 2016

House of Mussels: an artificial reef off the coast of Jakarta

Edith Koesoemawiria 5 Oct 2016

Jakarta governor proposes lighter environmental permitting

Melati Kaye 15 Feb 2016

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