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Peat fire in Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Indonesian court fines palm oil firm $18.5m over forest fires in 2015

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Oct 2019
Gold and sand mining near Mandor, West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

The unrecognized cost of Indonesia’s fires (commentary)

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Oct 2019

‘We’ve been negligent,’ Indonesia’s president says as fire crisis deepens

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Sep 2019

Diplomatic row heats up as haze from Indonesian fires threatens Malaysia

Mongabay.com 9 Sep 2019

A remote Indonesian district juggles road building with nature conservation

Basten Gokkon 29 Aug 2019

Indonesia picks coal and oil heartland as site of new capital city

Basten Gokkon 26 Aug 2019
Fresh helmeted hornbill head. Photo by Rangkong Indonesia / Yoki Hadiprakarsa

Hornbill heroes: A conversation with a top Indonesian bird conservation NGO

Mongabay.com 5 Aug 2019

Red flags as Indonesia eyes relocating its capital city to Borneo

Basten Gokkon 2 Aug 2019
Traditional Iban tattoos on a Dayak leader's back. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Travelogue: Visiting an indigenous rainforest tribe in Borneo (Insider)

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Jul 2019

Indonesian officials foil attempt to smuggle hornbill casques to Hong Kong

Basten Gokkon 18 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; and Silvia Irawan 10 Jul 2019

Drowning deaths at disused mines in Indonesia renew calls for action

Yovanda 4 Jul 2019

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

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 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

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

Jeremy Hance 30 May 2019

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

Basten Gokkon 24 May 2019
Fire set for peatland clearing in Riau Province, Indonesia in July 2015. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Peat protection rule may be a double-edged sword for Indonesia’s forests

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Apr 2019

In ‘Sexy Killers,’ journos probe Indonesian candidates’ ties to Big Coal

Della Syahni 16 Apr 2019

Indonesian candidates find common ground in support for palm oil

Basten Gokkon 20 Feb 2019
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Few eco commitments and suspect funding for Indonesia presidential hopefuls

Basten Gokkon 15 Feb 2019

Borneo study explores links between farm expansion and deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Jan 2019

In Borneo, dwindling forests face further fragmentation as roads spread

Basten Gokkon 22 Jan 2019

For orangutans affected by El Niño, change unfolds over time

Jim Tan 15 Jan 2019
Borneo orangutan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Studying human behavior to protect orangutans: Q&A with Liana Chua

James Fair 11 Jan 2019

The long journey to saving the Sumatran rhino, via Borneo (commentary)

Haerudin R. Sadjudin 20 Dec 2018

One map to rule them all: Indonesia launches unified land-use chart

Basten Gokkon 13 Dec 2018

First wild Sumatran rhino in Borneo captured for breeding campaign

Basten Gokkon 29 Nov 2018

For the two Congos, lessons in a peatland partnership with Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Nov 2018

Deforestation-linked palm oil still finding its way into top consumer brands: report

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Sep 2018

A herd of dead rhinos

Jeremy Hance 24 Sep 2018

1984: the meeting that changed everything for Sumatran rhinos

Jeremy Hance 20 Sep 2018

Indonesian government appeals ruling on tighter peat fire regulations

Basten Gokkon 30 Aug 2018

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