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Small-island fishers petition Indonesian president to end coastal dredging

Suryadi 13 May 2022

Indonesia to probe scale of tax-dodging illegal oil palm plantations

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 May 2022
Fire fighters putting out forest fire in Riau, Indonesia.

Indonesia’s Riau province declares state of emergency ahead of fire season

Suryadi 5 Apr 2022

Lack of resolution mechanisms allow palm oil conflicts to fester in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Nov 2021
Forest illegally cleared for oil palm in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Indonesian official busted over alleged bribe for palm oil permit

Hans Nicholas Jong, Suryadi 19 Nov 2021

Paper giants’ expansion plans raise fears of greater deforestation in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Oct 2021

Indonesian pulpwood firms told to protect peat are doing the opposite: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Aug 2021

Peatland on fire again as burning season starts in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Mar 2021

With just 10 years left to save Sumatran elephants, what can be done now?

Mongabay.com 22 Jan 2021

On plantations and in ‘protected’ areas, Sumatran elephants keep turning up dead

Mongabay Indonesia and Tempo 16 Dec 2020
Sumatran elephants. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

A forest in Sumatra disappears for farms and roads. So do its elephants

Mongabay Indonesia and Tempo 14 Dec 2020

Pulp producers pull off $168 million Indonesia tax twist, report alleges

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Dec 2020

‘Zero-deforestation’ paper giant APRIL justifies clearing of Sumatran peatland

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Oct 2020

Paper giant APP linked to Indonesia peat clearing despite sustainability vow

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Sep 2020

Indonesian parliament to probe pulpwood firm’s dispute with Indigenous group

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Jul 2020

Indonesian court jails indigenous farmer in conflict with paper giant APP

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Jun 2020

Forest fires in Indonesia set to add toxic haze to COVID-19 woes

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Apr 2020

Coconut farmers in Southeast Asia struggle as palm oil muscles in on them

Nithin Coca 30 Mar 2020

Tiger on the highway: Sighting in Sumatra causes a stir, but is no surprise

Suryadi 13 Mar 2020

In Indonesia’s provinces, ditching coal for renewables would cut carbon and costs: study

Della Syahni 24 Dec 2019

A Sumatran forest community braces for battle against a planned coal mine

Suryadi 29 Oct 2019

A newborn dies amid Indonesia fire crisis, as parents fear for their kids’ health

Suryadi 27 Sep 2019

Indonesia electricity chief charged with bribery over coal-fired power plant

Basten Gokkon 25 Apr 2019

Meet Indonesia’s go-to expert witness against haze-causing plantation firms

Philip Jacobson 23 Apr 2019

Palm oil, logging firms the usual suspects as Indonesia fires flare anew

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Apr 2019

No more fires in Indonesia? Blazes on Sumatran peatland say otherwise

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Mar 2019

Dutch banks’ customers ‘unknowingly’ profit from palm oil companies

Thessa Lageman 15 Dec 2018

Indonesia’s Aceh sees harshest penalty yet for a wildlife crime

Junaidi Hanafiah 22 Oct 2018

Second environmental expert sued over testimony against palm oil firm

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Oct 2018

Deforestation-linked palm oil still finding its way into top consumer brands: report

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Sep 2018

Fires and haze return to Indonesia as peat protection bid falls short

Aseanty Pahlevi, Hans Nicholas Jong, Zamzami 29 Aug 2018

Graft and government policy align to keep Indonesia burning coal

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Aug 2018

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