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Indonesia to push for mine rehab, reforestation after deadly floods

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Feb 2021

Plantations, mines didn’t worsen flood, Indonesia says. The data begs to differ

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Jan 2021

Palm oil plantations, coal mines linked to deadly Indonesia flood

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Jan 2021

Being realistic about coal mine rehabilitation in Indonesia: An ecological perspective

David Woodbury and Arbainsyah 23 Dec 2020

Songbird trade in Indonesia threatens wild Sunda laughingthrush

Basten Gokkon 22 Dec 2020

Report finds litany of labor abuses on RSPO-certified oil palm plantations

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Dec 2020

Money to burn: Study finds fire-prevention incentives in Indonesia don’t work

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Dec 2020

Dolphins face growing pressure as development eats into Borneo’s interior

Carolyn Cowan 2 Dec 2020

New rule puts Indonesia’s protected forests up for grabs for agribusiness

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Nov 2020

Indonesia’s ‘militarized agriculture’ raises social, environmental red flags

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Oct 2020

Paper giant APRIL linked to Borneo forest clearing despite zero-deforestation vow

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Oct 2020

On World Rhino Day, ‘real work’ is still needed to save Sumatran rhinos

Basten Gokkon 22 Sep 2020

Two deaths, zero accountability: Indonesia’s mining pits claim more lives

Hans Nicholas Jong, Yovanda 21 Sep 2020
Microsoft Zoom Earth satellite image show a section of burned peatland in the region in Central Kalimantan where the rice project is planned.

Indonesia pushes rice estate project despite environmental red flags

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Aug 2020
Excavator working an acacia plantation in Riau, the Indonesian province that lost 22% of its primary forest cover between 2002 and 2019. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

FSC slammed for slow probe into deforestation by firms linked to Indonesia’s richest man

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Aug 2020

Indonesian case highlights potential for long-term harms of corruption

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Aug 2020

Sumatran rhino planned for capture is another female, Indonesian officials say

Yovanda 22 Jul 2020

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

Basten Gokkon 9 Jul 2020

For two rhino species on brink of extinction, it’s collaboration vs. stonewalling

Lauren Evans 6 Jul 2020

COVID-19 halts matchmaking attempt for female Sumatran rhino in Borneo

Yovanda 1 Jul 2020

Indonesian court jails indigenous farmers for ‘stealing’ from land they claim

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Jun 2020

Indonesia resumes release of captive wildlife amid COVID-19

Basten Gokkon 22 Jun 2020

Marcellus Adi Riyanto: The Indonesian vet who lived for the Sumatran rhino

Julia John 19 Jun 2020
Deforestation in Indonesian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

How much rainforest is being destroyed?

Rhett A. Butler 10 Jun 2020

Bornean farmers and fishers brace as a new port opens in their midst

Aseanty Pahlevi 2 Jun 2020

In Indonesia’s new rice plan, experts see the blueprint of an epic past failure

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 May 2020
Yohanes Terang in his beloved forest. © Titayanto Pieter

Indonesian environmental poet and Dayak leader Yohanes Terang, 1956-2020

Erik Meijaard 11 May 2020

Journo arrested for reporting on palm oil tycoon’s alleged land grab

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 May 2020

Farmer dies in custody after being charged in dispute with palm oil firm, prompting COVID-19 fears

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Apr 2020

Indonesia’s miners exploit loopholes to avoid restoring mining sites

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Apr 2020

Indonesia’s new capital in the Bornean jungle on hold amid COVID-19 crisis

Basten Gokkon 15 Apr 2020

Rescuing orangutans ‘doesn’t work’ for apes or forests, studies find

James Fair 15 Apr 2020

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