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Indonesia’s biofuel push must go beyond palm oil to reduce risk, experts say

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Jan 2023

For Indonesian smallholders, EU deforestation rule is a threat — and an opportunity

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Jan 2023
Rainbow over oil palm plantations and forest in Jambi. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

What happened in the world’s rainforests in 2022?

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Dec 2022

Top 15 species discoveries from 2022 (Photos)

Liz Kimbrough 29 Dec 2022
Fire fighters putting out forest fire in Riau, Indonesia.

As dry season looms, Sumatra villagers hope their peat restoration pays off

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Dec 2022

Unsustainable fishing to be banned in Irrawaddy dolphin’s Bornean sanctuary

Basten Gokkon 22 Dec 2022
Coastal peatlands in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Protecting wetlands is key to Indonesia hitting its climate goals, study says

Basten Gokkon 13 Dec 2022
An orangutan.

Fears for academic freedom as Indonesia doubles down on scientists’ ban

Hans Nicholas Jong, Lusia Arumingtyas 9 Dec 2022

In first for Indonesia, government recognizes Indigenous Papuans’ ancestral forests

Asrida Elisabeth, Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Dec 2022
Deforestation for oil palm in Malaysia.

Report calls on palm oil firms to make up for nearly 1m hectares of forest loss

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Nov 2022
Mother and baby orangutans.

What can Half or Whole Earth conservation strategies do for orangutans?

John Cannon 28 Nov 2022

Indonesia’s Supreme Court rules President Widodo not liable in 2015 fires

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Nov 2022

Indonesia’s orangutans declining amid ‘lax’ and ‘laissez-faire’ law enforcement

Basten Gokkon 25 Nov 2022

Stem cells may make ‘impossible possible’ for near-extinct Sumatran rhino

Basten Gokkon 15 Nov 2022

With new EU rules ahead, Indonesia adds sustainability to its timber legality system

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Nov 2022

EU ‘moving the goal posts’ with new timber requirement, Indonesia says

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Nov 2022

Tensions boil in Sumatra over a palm oil promise villagers say has yet to be kept

Jaka Hendra Baittri 9 Nov 2022

Here come the sunbirds: New species from Indonesia’s Wakatobi Islands

Basten Gokkon 9 Nov 2022

Report unveils ties between Indonesian conglomerate Sinar Mas and Canada’s Paper Excellence

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Nov 2022
Rainbow over Jambi, Indonesia. Photo credit: Rhett Ayers Butler / Mongabay

In new climate deal, Norway will pay Indonesia $56 million for drop in deforestation, emissions

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Nov 2022
Rainbow over Jambi, Indonesia. Photo credit: Rhett Ayers Butler / Mongabay

Drive for restoration and remedy behind some NGOs’ cautious support for FSC changes (commentary)

Grant Rosoman 21 Oct 2022
Conservation Response Unit team in Cot Girek pose while also trying to control Marni the elephant.

Life in the awe-and-terror-inspiring vicinity of the Sumatran elephant

Philip Jacobson 20 Oct 2022
An orangutan under treatment.

Severe malaria cases in rescued orangutans raises concerns for wild populations

Sean Mowbray 20 Oct 2022

Sustainability pledges help Indonesia produce palm oil with less deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Oct 2022

Mangroves and wildlife in Bornean bay at risk from Indonesia’s new capital

Basten Gokkon, Richaldo Hariandja 7 Oct 2022

As Indonesia paints rosy picture for orangutans, scientists ask: Where’s the data?

Philip Jacobson 3 Oct 2022
Palm oil plantations in West Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Palm oil firms not acting fast enough on no-deforestation vows: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Sep 2022
A truck carrying acacia logs in Indonesia

Emissions and deforestation set to spike under Indonesia’s biomass transition

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 Sep 2022

Big data monitoring tool aims to catch up to Indonesia’s booming online bird trade

Basten Gokkon 16 Sep 2022
Independent oil palm farmers from Talang Durian Cacar.

Indonesia amnesties 75 companies operating illegally inside forest areas

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Sep 2022

Pioneer agroforester Ermi, 73, rolls back the years in Indonesia’s Gorontalo

Sarjan Lahay 15 Sep 2022
Ledan holding ironwood saplings

After 20 years and thousands of trees planted, Kalimantan’s veteran forester persists

Budi Baskoro, Lusia Arumingtyas 14 Sep 2022

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