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Traditional small farmers burned by Indonesia’s war on wildfires

Philip Jacobson, Aseanty Pahlevi, Hans Nicholas Jong, Yusie Marie, M Rahim Arza 14 Dec 2023

Deforestation for palm oil and mining in Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Activists call for stronger environmental laws in Widodo’s second term

Basten Gokkon 21 Oct 2019

As wildfires roil Sumatra, some villages have abandoned the burning

Taufik Wijaya 3 Oct 2019

Restoring Sumatra’s Leuser Ecosystem, one small farm at a time

Junaidi Hanafiah 30 Sep 2019

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

Suryadi 27 Sep 2019

Wildfires spread to planned site of new Indonesian capital

Yovanda 26 Sep 2019

A Papuan village finds its forest caught in a web of corporate secrecy

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 16 Sep 2019

Diplomatic row heats up as haze from Indonesian fires threatens Malaysia

Mongabay.com 9 Sep 2019

Indonesia picks coal and oil heartland as site of new capital city

Basten Gokkon 26 Aug 2019

Indonesia forest-clearing ban is made permanent, but labeled ‘propaganda’

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Aug 2019

Haze from fires, Indonesia’s national ‘embarrassment,’ are back

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Aug 2019

Red flags as Indonesia eyes relocating its capital city to Borneo

Basten Gokkon 2 Aug 2019

Top court holds Indonesian government liable over 2015 forest fires

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Jul 2019

Fears over Indonesian president’s demand for unfettered investment

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Jul 2019

Road running through drained and burned peatlands. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

‘Dangerous’ new regulation puts Indonesia’s carbon-rich peatlands at risk

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Jul 2019

Customary land map, a first for Indonesia, launches to mixed reception

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Jun 2019

Peat forest clearing in Indonesian Borneo in June 2019. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Indonesian ban on clearing new swaths of forest to be made permanent

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Jun 2019

Exposing coal-fueled politics: Q&A with investigative journo Dandhy Laksono

Basten Gokkon 24 May 2019

On the island of Java, a social forestry scheme creates jobs at home

Nuswantoro 15 May 2019

Wariness over Indonesian president’s vow to get tough on land disputes

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 May 2019

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

Philip Jacobson 23 Apr 2019

Fire set for peatland clearing in Riau Province, Indonesia in July 2015. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Peat protection rule may be a double-edged sword for Indonesia’s forests

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Apr 2019

In ‘Sexy Killers,’ journos probe Indonesian candidates’ ties to Big Coal

Della Syahni 16 Apr 2019

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

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Apr 2019

Indonesia’s threat to exit Paris accord over palm oil seen as cynical ploy

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Apr 2019

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

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Mar 2019

In Indonesia, a company intimidates, evicts and plants oil palm without permits

Ian Morse 26 Mar 2019

With the legal rights to their forest secure, an indigenous community plans for the future

Donny Iqbal 21 Mar 2019

An island mapped for mines gets a reprieve after violent protests

Kamarudin 19 Mar 2019

Fire set for peatland clearing in Riau Province, Indonesia in July 2015. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Stunting, loss of earning potential linked to Indonesia’s 1997 wildfires

Lauren Crothers 22 Feb 2019

Indonesian minister blasted over palm permit for graft-tainted concession

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Feb 2019

Indonesian candidates find common ground in support for palm oil

Basten Gokkon 20 Feb 2019

Indonesia to get first payment from Norway under $1b REDD+ scheme

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Feb 2019

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