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Indonesia’s point man for palm oil says no more plantations in Papua

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Mar 2020

Activists skeptical of win as court orders Papua plantation maps published

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Feb 2020

Deregulation in Indonesia: Economy first, environment later. Maybe

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Feb 2020

Indonesia targets pulpwood, palm oil firms in civil suits over 2019 fires

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Feb 2020

Uphill fight to shut disaster-amplifying gold mines in Indonesian park

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Feb 2020
Gold mining tailing pond near Mandor in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Experts see minefield of risk as Indonesia seeks environmental deregulation

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Feb 2020

As 2020 fire season nears, Indonesian president blasts officials for 2019

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Feb 2020

Indonesia softens stance on WWF termination as programs fall into limbo

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Feb 2020

Dam that threatens orangutan habitat is ‘wholly unnecessary’: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Jan 2020

Indonesian environment ministry ends WWF partnership amid public spat

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Jan 2020

Indonesia forest fires push orangutans into starvation mode, study finds

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Jan 2020
Oil palm plantation in West Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Activists seek purge after Indonesia court rules forest plantations illegal

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Jan 2020
Proboscis monkeys in Borneo have lost habitat to oil palm plantations and shrimp farms. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Palm oil processors top plantations in destroying proboscis monkey habitat

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Jan 2020

Report identifies tycoons controlling site of new Indonesian capital

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Jan 2020

Indonesian palm oil firm hit with $1.8m fine for 2015 fires

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Dec 2019

Malaysia to let RSPO publish oil palm concession maps

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Dec 2019

Fighting to save an endangered ape, Indonesian activists fear for their lives

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Dec 2019

Dodgy science and corporate concessions in Indonesia’s bid for clean palm oil

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Dec 2019

FSC complaint filed against pulpwood firms tied to Indonesia’s richest man

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Dec 2019

Indonesia’s fires burned mostly abandoned and degraded land, not forests

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 Dec 2019

Our fires weren’t as bad as in the Amazon, Indonesian officials claim

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Dec 2019

Paper and fast fashion fan the flames burning Indonesia’s peat: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Dec 2019

Indonesia fires emitted double the carbon of Amazon fires, research shows

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Nov 2019

Indonesian fire expert awarded for exposing destruction by plantation firms

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 Nov 2019

FSC report on palm giant Korindo lists litany of violations, even with redactions

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Nov 2019

Philippine officials not spared as attacks on environmental defenders persist

Mongabay.com 8 Nov 2019

Makers of Oreos, KitKats among brands linked to Indonesia forest fires

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Nov 2019

RSPO questions effectiveness of Indonesian palm plantation moratorium

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Nov 2019
Peat fire in Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Indonesian court fines palm oil firm $18.5m over forest fires in 2015

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Oct 2019

‘Bring it on,’ EU MP says of trade fight over palm biofuel phase-out

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Oct 2019

CITES appeals to countries to watch out for trafficked Malagasy rosewood

Malavika Vyawahare 7 Oct 2019

Indonesian enforcement questioned as fires flare up on the same concessions

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Oct 2019

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