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Study on economic loss from Indonesia’s peat policies criticized

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Jan 2018

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

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Jan 2018

In early push into Papua, palm oil firms set stage for massive forest plunder

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Jan 2018

Indonesia unveils plan to halve forest fires by 2019

Hans Nicholas Jong 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

Palm oil’s ecological footprint extends to distant forests, study finds

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 Dec 2017

For indigenous kids in Indonesian Borneo, an early start to forest stewardship

Yovanda 19 Dec 2017

Locals fear for their lives over planned dam in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem

Junaidi Hanafiah 14 Dec 2017

Global tropical peatland center to be established in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Dec 2017

Peru: Illegal mining devastates forests in Amazonas Region

Vanessa Romo 28 Nov 2017

Indonesia to kick off 10-year plan to save critically endangered helmeted hornbill

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Nov 2017

Peru: the man who overcomes fear to defend the forest

Jack Lo Lau 27 Nov 2017

As Indonesia pushes flagship land reform program, farmers remain wary

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 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

Indonesia races against time to save new orangutan species

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 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

Sumatran region heats up as forests disappear

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Oct 2017

RAPP to retire some plantation land in Sumatra amid government pressure

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Oct 2017

Economic headwinds buffet once-resilient Sumatran forest-farms

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Oct 2017

Indonesia to miss carbon emissions target under existing climate policies: study

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Oct 2017

Grasberg mine’s riches still a distant glitter for Papuan communities

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 Oct 2017

‘Queen of Coal’ named corruption suspect in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Oct 2017

Mining project in Leuser Ecosystem no longer has a valid permit

Hans Nicholas Jong, Junaidi Hanafiah 29 Sep 2017

Poor grade for Malaysia, Singapore brands in palm oil sustainability: WWF

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Sep 2017

First orangutan birth in Aceh reserve ‘gives hope’ for survival of species

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Sep 2017

Oil palm firms advance into Leuser rainforest, defying Aceh governor’s orders

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Sep 2017

Nicaraguan beef raised illegally in biological reserve mostly exported

Duyerling Ríos, Cristopher Mendoza 14 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

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