Southeast Asian infrastructure News

Focusing on the social and environmental impacts of roads, dams, mines, and other infrastructure projects in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea.

Protests flare as pressure mounts on dam project in orangutan habitat

Financiers to discuss hydropower as climate-change mitigation, but dams are not ‘clean energy’ (commentary)

Allegation of forged signature casts shadow over China-backed dam in Sumatra

In a predator-infested forest, survival for baby birds comes by the road

New Species of orangutan threatened from moment of its discovery

What does it take to discover a new great ape species?

For Indonesian presidential hopefuls, burning coal is business as usual

‘Beautiful legislation’ fails to protect PNG’s environment, landowners

China’s Belt and Road Initiative could increase alien species invasion

In PNG, a fallen bridge is testament to the chasm in rural development

In Borneo, dwindling forests face further fragmentation as roads spread

New roads for PNG: Path to progress or to environmental devastation?

After the loss of a ship, deep sea mining plans for PNG founder

A development project in a Bali mangrove bay gets a new lease on life

Indonesia attack shines a light on controversial road project

Dam drove ‘collapse’ of rainforest bird populations in Thailand

New dam set to spoil Sumatran wonderland (commentary)

For APEC’s poorest member, flashy cars point to another boondoggle

Activists urge end to South Korean funding of Indonesia coal plants

Roads divide opinions along with forests, study finds

Evicted for a showpiece project, this PNG community fights for justice

Study warns of dire ecological, social fallout from Sumatran dam

Real-time plantation map aims to throttle deforestation in Papua

Dam project pushes threatened orangutans from forest to farms

Jakarta cancels permits for controversial bay reclamation project

A civic outcry in Malaysia forces a Chinese builder to live up to its eco-friendly tag

Deal in sight for PNG landowners protesting Exxon-led gas project

As Bali reclamation project dies, activists seek conservation status

A Malaysian port city grapples with the fallout from Chinese funding

Komodo protesters say no to development in the dragons’ den

Amid corruption scandal, Malaysia switches track on future of rail network

Lao government says it will suspend new hydro projects after dam collapse kills 31

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