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Forest fires threaten Asian Games as hotspots flare up in Sumatra

Hans Nicholas Jong, Taufik Wijaya 10 Aug 2018

Indonesia demands cleanup after coal spill pollutes beach

Junaidi Hanafiah 6 Aug 2018

Indonesia adds hundreds of birds to protected species list

Basten Gokkon 3 Aug 2018
The Tapanuli orangutan, the world’s rarest species of great ape. Photo © Maxime Aliaga.

Belt and Road Initiative could doom the world’s rarest ape (commentary)

William F. Laurance 2 Aug 2018

Scientists urge Indonesian president to nix dam in orangutan habitat

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 Jul 2018

New research calculates full carbon cost of oil palm cultivation in Indonesia’s forests

Mike Gaworecki 5 Jul 2018

Two suspected poachers arrested for killing of Sumatran elephant

Mongabay.com 5 Jul 2018

In Sumatra, villagers blame a coal mine for cracks in their houses, and their community

Yitno Suprapto 4 Jul 2018

PepsiCo to probe deforestation in palm oil supplier’s Leuser Ecosystem concession

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Jun 2018

Indonesia turns to green finance for development projects

Basten Gokkon 25 Jun 2018

Abdon Nababan: ‘North Sumatran land mafia offered me $21m to win election — and then hand over control of government’

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 21 Jun 2018

Poachers blamed in second Sumatran elephant death this year

Junaidi Hanafiah 11 Jun 2018

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

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Jun 2018

How corrupt elections fuel the sell-off of Indonesia’s natural resources

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 7 Jun 2018

Paper giant denies secretly owning ‘independent’ suppliers

Mongabay.com 5 Jun 2018

Geneticists: It’s time to mix the Sumatran rhino subspecies

Jeremy Hance 29 May 2018
Haze in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

The destruction of nature in S. Sumatra has given rise to a criminal generation (commentary)

Taufik Wijaya 16 May 2018

Typo derails landmark ruling against Indonesian palm oil firm guilty of burning peatland

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 May 2018

Indonesia enlists plantation companies to ensure haze-free Asian Games

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 May 2018

Sumatran habitat for tigers, orangutans gets a partial reprieve from development

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 May 2018

Indonesian activists protest China-funded dam in orangutan habitat

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 May 2018

There is still a chance to save the Sumatran rhino (commentary)

Margaret Kinnaird, Jon Paul Rodriguez 3 May 2018

‘Rarest’ ape’s path to survival blocked by roads, dams and agriculture

John Cannon 3 May 2018

‘Rarest’ ape’s path to survival blocked by roads, dams and agriculture

John Cannon 3 May 2018

Coal mine diverts Sumatran river without a permit, leaving villagers short of clean water

Yitno Suprapto 2 May 2018

Signoff on rhino sperm transfer between Indonesia, Malaysia expected mid-May: Official

Basten Gokkon 26 Apr 2018
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Study puts a figure to hidden cost of community-company conflict in palm oil industry

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Apr 2018
Sumatran tiger

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

Zamzami 24 Apr 2018
Indonesian rainforest. Photo for Mongabay by Rhett A. Butler.

Unified land-use map for Indonesia nears launch, but concerns over access remain

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Apr 2018

Indonesia land swap, meant to protect peatlands, risks wider deforestation, NGOs say

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Apr 2018

Indonesia’s dying timber concessions, invaded by oil palms, top deforestation table

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Apr 2018

Study: Indonesia’s ambitious peat restoration initiative severely underfunded

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Mar 2018

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