Maretha Uli, Jakarta – One year into President Prabowo Subianto's administration, environmental watchdogs warn of a deepening ecological crisis fueled by elite business interests and an

Sri Wahyuni, Samosir, Indonesia – On retirement from public life, Wilmar Eliaser Simandjorang found a quiet place on a hillside overlooking Lake Toba, on the Indonesian island of Sumatr

Jakarta – An "eco-city", a mining complex, and a massive project to grow food and fuel are all part of an Indonesian growth drive that activists allege is causing deforestation and dis

Anis Firmansah, Gresik, East Java – Indonesian authorities have seized more than 4,600 cubic meters of timber linked to an alleged illegal logging operation that caused widespread fores

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A major palm oil producer linked through supplier-reported mill lists to global brands like General Mills and PepsiCo has escaped sanction for allegedly co

Zacharias Wuragil, Jakarta – A total of 29 civil society organizations are demanding that the European Union reject any proposed postponement of the European Union Deforestation Regulat

Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – While Indonesia is experiencing a "wet dry season" with relatively high rainfalls, a recent independent analysis has revealed an increasing rate of forest and

Jakarta – A recent study may provide another definitive answer to why we should save the forest and prevent further deforestation.

Hans Nicholas, Jakarta – Global calls are mounting for RV companies in the U.S.

Aimee Gabay, Jakarta – Some of the world's biggest consumer brands are banding together to tackle deforestation in one of Earth's richest biodiversity hotspots in Indonesia.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Asia Pulp & Paper, one of the world's biggest forestry groups, has effectively been given the green light to seek ethical certification from the Forest

Jakarta – Tropical wood demand from some of America's top RV brands is fuelling deforestation in Kalimantan, home to Asia's last great rainforest, according to a new investigation by en

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia's courts have ordered plantation companies to pay more than 21 trillion rupiah ($1.3 billion), an amount 28 times the environment ministry's enti

Sui-Lee Wee – Word spread fast that heavy machinery had arrived in the ancient rainforest near the Indonesian village of Sungai Mata-Mata, an expanse on the western edge of the island o

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia's 2025 fire season is spiraling into one of the worst in recent memory, with a sharp spike in hotspots and toxic haze already choking parts of Ma

Douglas Gerrard – In the West Papuan regency of Merauke, close to the border with Papua New Guinea, Indonesia is rapidly clearing land in the world's largest ever deforestation project:

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – While most tropical countries experienced record-high deforestation rates in 2024, Indonesia's forest loss is slowing, bucking a global trend.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has warned of strict legal consequences for individuals or companies that clear land by setting forest fires, following a high-level

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environmental (Walhi) has recorded that 8,644 hotspots have been detected throughout the West Kalimantan region (Kalbar) throughout May to the end

Indonesia, West Papua – Groundbreaking satellite data analysis and interactive mapping tools have revealed the unprecedented scale of deforestation and ecosystem destruction across West

Sumatra is currently in the throes of a severe land fire crisis, with an alarming surge in incidents across several provinces on the island as the dry season intensifies.

Daniel Ahmad Fajri, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Army (TNI) has deployed 920 soldiers to prevent and mitigate forest and land fires (Karhutla) in Riau Province.

Yuni Rohmawati, Palembang – South Sumatra saw a sharp increase in hotspots in July 2025, reaching the highest monthly total for the year so far.

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Indonesia has reported a sharp decline in forest and land fire hotspots in Riau, falling to 116 per day from around 1,300 daily earlier this month, Forestry Min

Associated Press, Jakarta – Indonesian authorities have arrested 44 people suspected of starting forest and peatland fires that are spreading health-damaging haze across the region, off

Effendi Rusli, Jakarta – Forest and land fires in Riau's Rokan Hulu have burned more than 229 hectares as firefighters struggle to contain the flames due to challenging terrain and limi

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia is testing whether one of the world's most powerful timber certifiers can deliver justice – or merely a reset – to forest communities harmed by i

Effendi Rusli, Pekanbaru, Riau – Haze from forest and land fires in Riau province has crossed the border into Malaysia, according to the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) reported that wildfires swept through Sumatra overnight, until Monday morning, July 14, 2025.

Jakarta – A court in South Sumatra has thrown out a lawsuit filed by residents against plantation companies, which accused the firms of causing lung-choking smoke by lighting peatland f

Daniel Ahmad Fajri, Jakarta – On the podium, President Prabowo Subianto is an orator who speaks out strongly in defense of the people.

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Yogi Eka Sahputra, Batam – President Prabowo Subianto has given special authority to the Head of the Batam Investment Coordinating Board or BP Batam to submit requests for the release o

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Researchers have called out the Indonesian government's claim of having reduced deforestation by 90% over the past decade, pointing to cherry-picked data a

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A palm oil company is gearing up to expand into critical orangutan habitat in Indonesian Borneo, raising alarms over the survival of the critically endange

Defara Dhanya, Jakarta – A South Korean consortium led by LG Energy Solution has officially withdrawn from the electric vehicle (EV) battery ecosystem development project in Indonesia.

Marchio Gorbiano and Sara Hussein, Jakarta and Bangkok – Keen to end its reliance on rice imports, Indonesia wants to plant vast tracts of the crop, along with sugar cane for biofuel, i

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia's efforts to ensure its commodity exports are free of deforestation are ramping up as the European Union Deforestation Regulation, or EUDR, nears

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has raised serious concerns over the European Union Deforestation Regulation, or EUDR, saying it imposes a heavy administrative b

Abdul Manan, Jakarta – The Indonesian Environment and Forestry Ministry has announced that it will no longer issue permits for timber extraction in mangrove ecosystems.

Chris Lang – On 17 January 2010, Indonesia's then-president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono launched a 2-million-hectare programme called the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE).

Abdallah Naem, Malinau, Indonesia – Indonesia is pressing ahead with construction of a new network of dams in Borneo to power a major "green" industrial estate that will relocate Indige

Victoria Milko, Jakarta – Indonesia plans to clear forests about the size of Belgium to produce sugarcane-derived bioethanol, rice and other food crops, potentially displacing Indigenou

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Nearly half of Indonesia's peatlands are vulnerable to flooding due to degradation caused by unchecked exploitation, with 6 million hectares (15 million ac

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – The Forestry Ministry of Indonesia reported that Indonesia's forest area in 2024 reached 95.5 million hectares, accounting for 51.1 percent of the country's tot

Maia Ingoe – Greenpeace says Fonterra's palm kernel supply chain is tainted by connections to deforestation in Southeast Asia, as new evidence highlights New Zealand's major exporters t

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Palm oil companies in Indonesia continue to operate on protected peatlands and clear forests, despite having their forestry permits revoked and being certi

Jakarta – The Forestry Ministry's plan to hand out concessions on conservation areas confirms the false orientation of environmental policies.

Jakarta – Twenty-two Indonesian civil society organizations have sent a letter to European Union Commissioners to express their concerns over the worsening condition of Papua's rainfore

Tempo.co, Jakarta – Twenty-two Indonesian civil society organizations have sent a letter to European Union Commissioners to express their concerns over the worsening condition of Papua'