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Deforestation wanes in Indonesia’s Aceh and Leuser Ecosystem, but threats remain, NGO says

Hans Nicholas Jong, Junaidi Hanafiah 5 Feb 2018

Indonesian palm, pulp companies commit to peatland restoration

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Feb 2018
Buttress roots of a rainforest tree in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Is a plantation a forest? Indonesia says yes, as it touts a drop in deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 31 Jan 2018
Coastal peatlands in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Indonesia prepares to adopt standardized peat-mapping technology

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Jan 2018

Data fusion opens new horizons for remote imaging of landscapes

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 25 Jan 2018

Indonesian villages see virtually zero progress in program to manage peatlands

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Jan 2018

Indonesian parliament pushes for passage of palm oil legislation this year

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Jan 2018

Study on economic loss from Indonesia’s peat policies criticized

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Jan 2018

Rainforests: the year in review 2017

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jan 2018

Indonesia in 2017: A fighting chance for peat protection, but an infrastructure beatdown for indigenous communities

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Jan 2018

Waterbirds flock to well-run countries, new study shows

Mongabay.com 29 Dec 2017
Fire set for peatland clearing in Riau Province, Indonesia in July 2015. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Paper giant RAPP bows to peat-protection order after Indonesia court defeat

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Dec 2017

Land reclamation threatens extremely rare spoon-billed sandpipers in China

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Dec 2017

Study: RSPO certification prunes deforestation in Indonesia — but not by much

John Cannon 12 Dec 2017

Global tropical peatland center to be established in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Dec 2017
Drainage canal dug through peat swamp in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Pulp and paper giant sues Indonesian government over peat protection obligation

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Dec 2017

COP23: Leaders vie for protection of ‘incredibly important’ African peatland

Justin Catanoso 17 Nov 2017
Adult male orangutan in Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Indonesia tries to learn from Brazil’s success in REDD+

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Nov 2017

‘Much deeper than we expected’: Huge peatland offers up more surprises

John Vidal 9 Nov 2017

How unhealthy is the haze from Indonesia’s annual peat fires?

Loren Bell 3 Nov 2017
Fire set for peatland clearing in Riau Province, Indonesia in July 2015. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Indonesian Supreme Court strikes down regulation on peat protection

Hans Nicholas Jong, Lusia Arumingtyas 2 Nov 2017

RAPP to retire some plantation land in Sumatra amid government pressure

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Oct 2017

The world lost an area of tree cover the size of New Zealand last year

Morgan Erickson-Davis 24 Oct 2017

Study maps out reptiles’ ranges, completing the ‘atlas of life’

Mongabay.com 17 Oct 2017

The Palm Oil Fiefdom

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 10 Oct 2017

Indonesia for Sale: in-depth series on corruption, palm oil and rainforests launches

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 10 Oct 2017

Does social forestry always decrease deforestation and poverty? (commentary)

Erik Meijaard 17 Sep 2017

Palm oil giant FGV will ‘endeavor to rehabilitate’ peatlands it trashed in Borneo

Basten Gokkon 13 Sep 2017

These 3 companies owe Indonesia millions of dollars for damaging the environment. Why haven’t they paid?

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Aug 2017

Land-swap rule among Indonesian President Jokowi’s latest peat reforms

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Aug 2017

First real test for Jokowi on haze as annual fires return to Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Aug 2017

Is the forestry project of the French Development Agency threatening the peatlands of the DRC? (commentary)

Alain Karsenty 28 Jul 2017

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