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Sulawesi nickel plant coats nearby homes in toxic dust

Eko Rusdianto 17 Nov 2022
Lowland forest

Myanmar communities decry disempowerment as forest guardians since 2021 coup

Carolyn Cowan 17 Nov 2022

Indonesia seals $20 billion deal with G7 to speed up clean energy transition

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Nov 2022

Indonesia’s grand EV plans hinge on a ‘green’ industrial park that likely isn’t

Justin Jin Soong Liew, Chun Sheng Goh 15 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

How Mitsubishi vacuumed up tuna from a rogue Chinese fishing fleet

Annelise Giseburt 10 Nov 2022
Temporary shelters.

Deadly landslides prompt Philippine president to call for tree planting

Bong S. Sarmiento 9 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

‘There are solutions to these abuses’: Q&A with Steve Trent on how China can rein in illegal fishing

Philip Jacobson 3 Nov 2022
A deckhand on the Long Xing 626 in DOF’s Atlantic fleet displays what experts who reviewed the image identified as a blue shark (Prionace glauca) in this photo posted to Facebook. The animal on the ground is a leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea).

Exclusive: Shark finning rampant across Chinese tuna firm’s fleet

Philip Jacobson, Basten Gokkon 1 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
Two young boys farming.

To get young Filipinos into farming, initiatives reach them via TikTok, school

Janine Peralta 27 Oct 2022
A feral Moluccan cockatoo.

Survey finds thriving online market for Indonesian birds in Philippines

Danielle Keeton-Olsen 26 Oct 2022
Deramakot forest reserve is a FSC-certified logging concession in Sabah, Malaysia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

With FSC rule change, deforesters once blocked from certification get a new shot

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Oct 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
View of Suralaya coal power plant in Cilegon city, Banten Province, Indonesia.

Early retirement for Indonesian coal plants could cut CO2, boost jobs, analysis says

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 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
Activists and Indigenous peoples holding a protest.

Southern Philippine coal project moves ahead despite community opposition

Bong S. Sarmiento 18 Oct 2022
Jaguar skin for sale at the Belen market

A fast-growing pipeline: The Amazon-to-Southeast Asia wildlife trade

Sharon Guynup 18 Oct 2022

Sustainability pledges help Indonesia produce palm oil with less deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Oct 2022
Coral reef in Indonesia.

Shallow-water mining isn’t the eco alternative to deep-sea mining, study says

Cassie Freund 17 Oct 2022

As Indonesia protects more marine areas, top priority is management: experts

Basten Gokkon 14 Oct 2022
A guigna.

Wild cats threatened by ‘underrecognized’ risk of spillover disease

Sean Mowbray 13 Oct 2022
A rice farmer harvesting in rice fields.

Thailand bets on coal despite long losing streak for communities

Kannikar Petchkaew 13 Oct 2022
Mirnawati in front of the ancient Semokan Ruak mosque

Indonesian beauty queen founds Indigenous coffee brand in her native Lombok

Fathul Rakhman 13 Oct 2022
Men processing abacá fiber.

Clothes sourced from plants could expand deforestation – or abate it

Ian Morse 12 Oct 2022
The Suralaya coal-fired power plant in Indonesia

Indonesian banks prop up coal industry increasingly shunned by outside lenders

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Oct 2022

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