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As MotoGP heads to Indonesia, Indigenous Sasak brace for another weekend of repression

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Sep 2024

Indonesian fishers mount a community-led fight against destructive fishing

Fathul Rakhman, Wahyu Chandra 4 Jun 2024

Lombok sand mine corruption probe continues as Indonesia to resume exports

Fathul Rakhman 1 Dec 2023
Amiruddin, a former fish bomber who is now active as a coral reef conservationist in the Gili Balu conservation area, West Sumbawa.

O.K. Coral: Outlaw fisher turns reef marshal in Indonesia’s Sumbawa

Asad Asnawi 31 Oct 2023

Indonesia’s Mandalika project a litany of violations for Indigenous Sasak

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Oct 2023

Indonesia’s Mandalika megaproject still trampling on Indigenous community’s rights: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Jun 2023
Traditional fishing boats on a Lombok beach.

On Lombok, rising sea levels force fishers into different jobs

Falahi Mubarok 20 Feb 2023

Work on cable car line to Indonesian volcano to begin despite concerns

Basten Gokkon 1 Dec 2022

U.N., rights groups flag potential violations in $3b Indonesian tourism project

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 May 2022

Indonesia’s new epicenter of forest fires shifts away from Sumatra and Borneo

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Dec 2021

People want to do right by nature. They just need a nudge, study shows

Mongabay.com 2 Oct 2021
A lobster larva. Image by Fathul Rakhman/Mongabay-Indonesia.

Indonesian lobster exporters, advised by a smuggler, flout domestic requirements

Fathul Rakhman 16 Sep 2020

As COVID-19 batters fishery, Indonesia’s sharks get a respite

Basten Gokkon 4 May 2020

Critics push back as cable car project for Indonesia’s Rinjani is revived

Fathul Rakhman 17 Mar 2020

For Indonesia’s Javan deer, non-protected areas play key conservation role

Basten Gokkon 20 Feb 2020

Watchdog denounces arrests of four anti-mining activists in Indonesia

Basten Gokkon 26 Nov 2019

For one Indonesian village, mangrove restoration has been all upside

Fathul Rakhman 24 Sep 2019

Illegal online sales driving mercury pollution crisis in Indonesia

Luh De Suriyani, Nurdin Tubaka 8 Apr 2019

Arson attack in Indonesia leaves activist shaken

Fathul Rakhman, Indra Nugraha 1 Feb 2019

In an Indonesian village, compressor diving for fish is a dangerous business

Fathul Rakhman 27 Sep 2018

Indigenous architecture saves lives in Lombok quakes

Fathul Rakhman 28 Aug 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

A data trove to support a hoped-for shark sanctuary in Indonesia

Marge Segre 18 Nov 2016

Lombok’s blooming community forest bears fruit and raises livelihoods – and haj trips

Jay Fajar 7 Oct 2015

Indonesian villagers transform ailing forests into oasis of fruit

Sapariah Saturi 8 Sep 2015

Shrinking Indonesian shark fisheries spur a national action plan

Melati Kaye 20 Aug 2015

Lack of stock data and incentives to collect it stymie Indonesian tuna fisheries on path to sustainability

Melati Kaye 17 Jun 2015

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