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Boats of Tangerang's fishermen, who are starting to have difficulty going to sea.

An ‘ocean grab’ for a property megaproject leaves Jakarta fishers grounded

Irfan Maulana 8 Nov 2024

More alarms over Indonesia rhino poaching after latest trafficking bust

Donny Iqbal, Nopri Ismi 5 Sep 2024

Javan rhino poaching saga reveals serious security lapse

Mongabay-indonesia 2 Aug 2024

Where Javan leopards thrive, so do other wildlife, study shows

Basten Gokkon 23 Jul 2024
Prof. Hariadi Kartodiharjo. Image from Prof Hariadi Kartodiharjo's Facebook

Indonesians mourn loss of Hariadi Kartodiharjo, beloved ‘father of governance’

Christ Belseran, Sarjan Lahay 12 Jun 2024

‘The Javan tiger still exists’: DNA find may herald an extinct species’ comeback

Christopel Paino, Rahmadi Rahmad 4 Apr 2024
The PLTU 1 Indramayu, which previously used entirely coal, has now mixed it with biomass.

Biomass-burning coal plants leave the air even dirtier, Java communities say

Rabul Sawal 25 Mar 2024
A Fejervarya iskandari

Java’s frogman reflects on half-century dive into amphibian world

Donny Iqbal 7 Feb 2024
Officers sort waste at a waste processing site in Bogor City, West Java.

Communities on troubled Java river mold future from plastic waste

Donny Iqbal 1 Feb 2024

Finance and support are key to fishers adopting eco-friendly gear, study shows

Basten Gokkon 3 Jan 2024

Iconic Indonesian raptor still threatened by habitat degradation, isolation

Basten Gokkon 12 Dec 2023
Maman Ajo makes a living selling boats.

Java farmers displaced by dam remain treading water after decades

Donny Iqbal 8 Nov 2023

In Indonesia, ‘opportunistic’ whale shark fishery shows gap in species protection

Basten Gokkon 13 Sep 2023

Plastic ‘Frankenrocks’ pose new pollution threat to coastal environment

Basten Gokkon 2 Aug 2023

Indonesian project shows how climate funding can — and should — go directly to IPLCs

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 May 2023
Residents paddle a boat down a flooded street in Bojongasih village.

Java communities rally as clock ticks on cleanup of ‘world’s dirtiest river’

Donny Iqbal 31 Aug 2022

Planned coal plants fizzle as Japan ends financing in Indonesia, Bangladesh

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Jun 2022
Highlining, an outdoor activity that helps with conservation efforts, in the Karst Citatah area, Padalarang, West Java. Image by Donny Iqbal/Mongabay.

Environment award stokes urge to save Indonesia’s karst landscape

Donny Iqbal, Warief Djajanto Basorie 16 May 2022

In Indonesia’s ‘Dragon Village,’ customs and nature are at the center of life

Donny Iqbal 22 Nov 2021

Beached whale shark in Indonesia reportedly cut up by locals to eat

Mongabay.com 30 Sep 2021

Scientists describe new tree frog in push to catalog Indonesia’s amphibians

Grace Dungey 2 Sep 2021

Indonesia reports two new Javan rhino calves in the species’ last holdout

Basten Gokkon 17 Aug 2021

Javan leopards, the dwindling ‘guardians’ of Java’s forests

Erik Hoffner 19 Jul 2021

Two new Javan rhino calves spotted in the species’ last holdout

Basten Gokkon 16 Jun 2021

Bribery-tainted coal plant in Indonesia held up as landowners hold out

Basten Gokkon 13 Nov 2020

Lockdown should have cleared up Jakarta’s air. Coal plants kept it dirty

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Aug 2020

Indonesia’s $300m geothermal play risks being undercut by cheap coal

Basten Gokkon 19 Jun 2020

Indonesian activists denounce a road being built illegally in leopard habitat

Basten Gokkon 20 Mar 2020

Indonesia investigates oil spill in Java Sea by state energy company

Basten Gokkon 31 Jul 2019

Search for a new home for Javan rhinos put on hold

Basten Gokkon 2 Jul 2019

Vets rule out poaching and disease in recent death of rare Javan rhino

Mongabay.com 29 May 2019

Illegal online sales driving mercury pollution crisis in Indonesia

Luh De Suriyani, Nurdin Tubaka 8 Apr 2019

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