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Newly established oil palm plantation in Central Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

81% of Indonesia’s oil palm plantations flouting regulations, audit finds

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Aug 2019
Oil palm plantation in Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Indonesia eyes palm oil export boost to China amid mounting U.S. trade war

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 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

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
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
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

Documentary on world’s rarest ape generates film festival buzz

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 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

A Malagasy community races the timber mafia to save its forest

Malavika Vyawahare 10 May 2019

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

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 May 2019
Indonesian rainforest. Photo for Mongabay by Rhett A. Butler.

Not in my backyard: Indonesian official fights corrupt palm concession

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

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

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 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
Fresh oil palm fruit bunches. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Europe, in bid to phase out palm biofuel, leaves fans and foes dismayed

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Mar 2019

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

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Mar 2019

Protests flare as pressure mounts on dam project in orangutan habitat

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 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

Borneo study explores links between farm expansion and deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Jan 2019

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