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Coal miner Bayan sues Indonesian investment chief over loss of land

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Apr 2022

Threatened wetlands in Paraguay’s Lake Ypacaraí raise legal questions

Maxwell Radwin 25 Feb 2022

Mexico’s top court cancels mining concessions near Indigenous communities

Maxwell Radwin 18 Feb 2022

Raid against Sumatran official uncovers use of slave labor on oil palm farm

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Jan 2022

Papua court ruling a win for local government, Indigenous groups against palm oil

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 Dec 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

Palm oil firm that dried out its land held not liable for fires that followed

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Nov 2021

Jakarta court finds president, governor liable for city’s air pollution woes

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Sep 2021

Acquittal of Indonesian villagers protesting pollution marks rare win against SLAPP

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Aug 2021

Activists take Indonesia’s mining law to court, but don’t expect much

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Jul 2021
A village near a community forest in River Cess County, Liberia, 2016. Photo by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

Liberia gave villagers control over their forests. Then a mining company showed up

Ashoka Mukpo, James Giahyue 22 Dec 2020

Indonesia’s omnibus law a ‘major problem’ for environmental protection

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Nov 2020

Indonesian officials linked to mining and ‘dirty energy’ firms benefiting from deregulation law

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Oct 2020

Two deaths, zero accountability: Indonesia’s mining pits claim more lives

Hans Nicholas Jong, Yovanda 21 Sep 2020
Rainforest cleared for a coconut plantation Dua Saudara Mountain in North Sulawesi. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Indonesia bill weakening environmental safeguards to pass in October

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Aug 2020

Indonesian case highlights potential for long-term harms of corruption

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Aug 2020

Experts see environmental, social fallout in Indonesia’s infrastructure push

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Jun 2020
Sungai Utik river in West Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Activists challenge Indonesia deregulation bill that threatens environment

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 May 2020

Indonesian lawmakers push to pass deregulation bills as COVID-19 grips country

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Apr 2020

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