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Freshly harvested oil palm fruits.

Indonesia palm oil lobby pushes 1 million hectares of new Sulawesi plantations

Sarjan Lahay 8 Aug 2024

Indonesian fishers mount a community-led fight against destructive fishing

Fathul Rakhman, Wahyu Chandra 4 Jun 2024

Indonesian islanders draw line in sand as Dubai-style reclamation nears

Wahyu Chandra 5 Oct 2023

FOIA lawsuit suggests Indonesian nickel miners lack environmental licenses

Eko Rusdianto 24 Jan 2023
Transplanting coral reefs.

From bombs to seasonal closure, Indonesian fishers move toward sustainability

Wahyu Chandra 21 Dec 2022
Two sand sea cucumbers.

Fishers in Flores Sea opt to limit harvest of overexploited sea cucumbers

Wahyu Chandra 28 Nov 2022

Sulawesi nickel plant coats nearby homes in toxic dust

Eko Rusdianto 17 Nov 2022

Faced with grouper, snapper decline, Indonesia adopts harvest strategy

Wahyu Chandra 23 Sep 2022
Fadly has created an avocado nursery.

An Indonesian rock star shines his light on mangroves, urban farming and more

Wahyu Chandra 8 Sep 2022
A healthy coral reef in Tahiti.

Scientists develop AI that can listen to the pulse of a reef being restored

Cassie Freund 25 Aug 2022
In addition to playing an active role in building Rammang-rammang as a nature tourism center, Iwan Dento is also active in promoting organic agriculture.

Iwan Dento, ‘hero’ of South Sulawesi’s karst mountains

Wahyu Chandra 25 Apr 2022

New shrews just dropped: Sulawesi yields up 14 freshly described species

Basten Gokkon 30 Dec 2021

For Indonesian farmers used to ‘instant’ results, going organic is a tough sell

Wahyu Chandra 2 Nov 2021

Indonesian farmers refuse to budge for train line through karst landscape

Eko Rusdianto 16 Aug 2021

Illegal loggers use pandemic as cover to ramp up activity in Sulawesi

Wahyu Chandra 24 May 2021

Indonesian governor’s arrest in road project points to more tainted contracts

Wahyu Chandra 4 Mar 2021
Oil palm plantation in Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Agribusiness giants ADM, Bunge trading in ‘conflict’ palm oil, report says

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Jan 2021

In Indonesia’s coastal villages, the plastic crisis is both homegrown and invasive

Basten Gokkon 9 Sep 2020

Indonesian fishers opposed to dredging project hit by ‘criminalization’ bid

Basten Gokkon, Wahyu Chandra 28 Aug 2020

‘We have to be in it together’: Remembering indigenous rights heroine Den Upa Rombelayuk (commentary)

Masha Kardashevskaya 1 Oct 2019
Indonesian rainforest. Photo for Mongabay by Rhett A. Butler.

Not in my backyard: Indonesian official fights corrupt palm concession

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Apr 2019

In Indonesia, a company intimidates, evicts and plants oil palm without permits

Ian Morse 26 Mar 2019

An island mapped for mines gets a reprieve after violent protests

Kamarudin 19 Mar 2019

Architects bring bamboo revival to Indonesian village

Eko Rusdianto 4 Mar 2019

Environmental degradation exacerbates Indonesia flooding, landslides

Wahyu Chandra 30 Jan 2019

Conservation officers forced online in fight against bird trafficking

Ian Morse 20 Dec 2018

Indonesian police bust Chinese nationals with 200 kg of turtle shells

Wahyu Chandra 12 Feb 2018

Sand mining, land reclamation meet fierce resistance in Makassar

Rahmat Hardiansya, Wahyu Chandra 10 Jul 2017

Indigenous communities resisting dams in Indonesia claim they face repression, rights abuses

Eko Rusdianto 27 Apr 2017

In remote Indonesian villages, indigenous communities fight a hydropower dam

Eko Rusdianto 30 Mar 2017

Indonesia’s indigenous wage two-pronged battle for legal recognition

Cory Rogers 27 Apr 2016

Indonesia’s antigraft agency strives to rein in the mining sector

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 27 Feb 2016

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