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Indonesian pulpwood firms told to protect peat are doing the opposite: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Aug 2021

Peatland on fire again as burning season starts in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Mar 2021

On plantations and in ‘protected’ areas, Sumatran elephants keep turning up dead

Mongabay Indonesia and Tempo 16 Dec 2020
Sumatran elephants. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

A forest in Sumatra disappears for farms and roads. So do its elephants

Mongabay Indonesia and Tempo 14 Dec 2020

Pulp producers pull off $168 million Indonesia tax twist, report alleges

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Dec 2020

‘Zero-deforestation’ paper giant APRIL justifies clearing of Sumatran peatland

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Oct 2020

Paper giant APP linked to Indonesia peat clearing despite sustainability vow

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Sep 2020

Indonesian parliament to probe pulpwood firm’s dispute with Indigenous group

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Jul 2020

Indonesian court jails indigenous farmer in conflict with paper giant APP

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Jun 2020

Forest fires in Indonesia set to add toxic haze to COVID-19 woes

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Apr 2020

Coconut farmers in Southeast Asia struggle as palm oil muscles in on them

Nithin Coca 30 Mar 2020

Tiger on the highway: Sighting in Sumatra causes a stir, but is no surprise

Suryadi 13 Mar 2020

In Indonesia’s provinces, ditching coal for renewables would cut carbon and costs: study

Della Syahni 24 Dec 2019

A Sumatran forest community braces for battle against a planned coal mine

Suryadi 29 Oct 2019

A newborn dies amid Indonesia fire crisis, as parents fear for their kids’ health

Suryadi 27 Sep 2019

Indonesia electricity chief charged with bribery over coal-fired power plant

Basten Gokkon 25 Apr 2019

Palm oil, logging firms the usual suspects as Indonesia fires flare anew

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Apr 2019

No more fires in Indonesia? Blazes on Sumatran peatland say otherwise

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Mar 2019

Dutch banks’ customers ‘unknowingly’ profit from palm oil companies

Thessa Lageman 15 Dec 2018

Indonesia’s Aceh sees harshest penalty yet for a wildlife crime

Junaidi Hanafiah 22 Oct 2018

Second environmental expert sued over testimony against palm oil firm

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Oct 2018

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

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Sep 2018

Fires and haze return to Indonesia as peat protection bid falls short

Aseanty Pahlevi, Hans Nicholas Jong, Zamzami 29 Aug 2018

Graft and government policy align to keep Indonesia burning coal

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Aug 2018

In pursuit of traceability, palm oil giant tests GPS-based solution

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Jun 2018
Sumatran tiger

Sumatran tiger blamed for killing two people is captured alive after marathon hunt

Zamzami 24 Apr 2018

Indonesia launches bid to restore national park that’s home to tigers, elephants

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Mar 2018

Indonesia races to catch tiger alive as villagers threaten to ‘kill the beast’

Zamzami 15 Mar 2018
Drainage canal dug through peat swamp in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Pulp and paper giant sues Indonesian government over peat protection obligation

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Dec 2017

RAPP to retire some plantation land in Sumatra amid government pressure

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Oct 2017

Greenpeace slams paper giant over loophole in fire-prevention policy

Alice Cuddy 10 Feb 2017

How local elites earn money from burning land in Indonesia

Alice Cuddy 16 Jan 2017

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