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Study maps whale shark stranding hotspots in Indonesia, highlights conservation needs

Basten Gokkon 18 Nov 2025

New pledge, old problems as Indonesia’s latest Indigenous forest promise draws skepticism

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Nov 2025

Scientists call for stronger action to save Indonesia’s vanishing seagrass meadows

Basten Gokkon 5 Nov 2025

Nickel mining threatens Raja Ampat ecosystems, communities & conservation: Report

Basten Gokkon 16 Oct 2025

Indonesia eyes seagrass zoning for blue carbon; experts urge community benefits

Basten Gokkon 7 Oct 2025
Rainbow over Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Photo credit: Rhett Ayers Butler.

Just as Raja Ampat fetches UNESCO Biosphere Reserve title, nickel mining looms

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Oct 2025

Study spotlights West Papua habitat as whale sharks face increased pressures

Basten Gokkon 28 Sep 2025
Heavy machinery operates at the nickel mining site of PT Kawei Sejahtera Mining on Kawe Island, Raja Ampat.

Religion at a crossroads in Indonesia as Islamic groups bid to operate large-scale mines

Ramadani Saputra 25 Sep 2025

Indonesia reopens Raja Ampat nickel mine despite reef damage concerns

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Sep 2025
Mark Erdmann releasing a thresher shark. Photo courtesy of Mark Erdmann.

Sharks didn’t rebound—so Mark Erdmann is putting them back

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Jul 2025

UN calls out Indonesia’s Merauke food estate for displacing Indigenous communities

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Jun 2025
Sediment is clearly visible close to nickel mining operations on Kawe Island, Raja Ampat, discolouring the water in one of Indonesia’s most biodiverse marine areas. The concession covers an area of 5,922 hectares and is located within the mega-biodiversity region of Raja Ampat, West Papua. Image courtesy of Greenpeace.

No respite for Indonesia’s Raja Ampat as nickel companies sue to revive mines

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 Jun 2025

Indonesia halts most nickel mining in Raja Ampat, but allows one controversial permit

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Jun 2025

Pushback grows against nickel mining in Indonesian marine paradise of Raja Ampat

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Jun 2025

Military-backed plantation project in Indonesian Papua triggers rights concerns

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Apr 2025

Indonesia’s peatlands face growing flood risks amid widespread degradation

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Apr 2025

Indigenous communities in Indonesia demand halt to land-grabbing government projects

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Mar 2025

Indonesian court blocks palm oil expansion, but leaves Indigenous land rights in limbo

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Mar 2025

Indonesia signs agrarian reform commitment amid rising land equity woes

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Feb 2025

Surge in legal land clearing pushes up Indonesia deforestation rate in 2024

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Feb 2025

Indonesia risks carbon ‘backfire’ with massive deforestation for sugarcane

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Dec 2024

Indonesia reforestation plan a smoke screen for agriculture project, critics say

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Dec 2024
Carteret islanders on a canoe. Image credit: Friends of the Earth.

In a Noah’s Ark move, PNG migrants bring thousands of trees to safer ground

Thibault Le Pivain 21 Nov 2024

Past failures can’t stop Indonesia from clearing forests, Indigenous lands for farms

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Oct 2024

Cost-benefit analysis exposes ‘bogus’ promises of palm oil riches for Papuans

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Oct 2024

World’s biggest deforestation project gets underway in Papua for sugarcane

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Sep 2024

Sugarcane megaproject poses latest threat to Papua’s forests, communities

Hans Nicholas Jong, Sarjan Lahay 19 Jun 2024

Conservationists upbeat as zebra shark reintroduction in Raja Ampat gathers pace

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Jun 2024

#AllEyesonPapua goes viral to highlight threat to Indigenous forests from palm oil

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Jun 2024

Beyond deforestation, oil palm estates pose flood and water contamination risks

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 May 2024

Rewilding program ships eggs around the world to restore Raja Ampat zebra sharks

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Apr 2024
Deforestation for oil palm in East Kalimantan, Indonesia in 2016. Photo courtesy of Linus.

Palm oil deforestation makes comeback in Indonesia after decade-long slump

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 Feb 2024

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