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Indonesia defers legislation seen as harming the environment — for now

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Oct 2019
Forest in West Papua. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Palm oil giant Korindo silences critical report with cease-and-desist letter

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Sep 2019

‘We’ve been negligent,’ Indonesia’s president says as fire crisis deepens

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Sep 2019

Indonesian minister draws fire for denial of transboundary haze problem

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Sep 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

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
Drained, cleared, and burned peat forest in Indonesian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Study: Vast swaths of lost tropical forest can still be brought back to life

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Jul 2019

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

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Jun 2019

Deforested areas bleed heat to nearby forests, drive local extinctions

Malavika Vyawahare 17 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

Altered forests threaten sustainability of subsistence hunting

Mongabay.com 29 May 2019

Indonesia calls on palm oil industry, obscured by secrecy, to remain opaque

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 May 2019

In Indonesia, a flawed certification scheme lets illegal loggers raze away

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 May 2019

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

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 May 2019

Malaysia calls on Southeast Asia to back palm oil against ‘unfair’ claims

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 May 2019

In Indonesia, a paper giant shuffles a litany of land conflicts

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Apr 2019

Less rainforest, less rain: A cautionary tale from Borneo

Jeremy Hance 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

IUCN calls for moratorium on projects impacting rarest great ape species

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Apr 2019

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

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Apr 2019

Natural forests best bet for fighting climate change, analysis finds

Malavika Vyawahare 9 Apr 2019

New report lays out low-carbon development path for Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Mar 2019

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

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Mar 2019

Companies to miss 2020 zero-deforestation deadline, report says

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 Mar 2019

Bank of China to review funding of dam in orangutan habitat in Sumatra

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Mar 2019

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

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Feb 2019

Indonesian minister blasted over palm permit for graft-tainted concession

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Feb 2019

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

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Feb 2019

The view from the bottleneck: Is nature poised for a big comeback?

Jeremy Hance 18 Feb 2019

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