Maudey Khalisha, Jakarta – The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has forecast that this year's dry season will begin earlier and last longer than usual, particularly

Banjar, Indonesia – Indonesia's government continues to review mines and plantations in the river basins of southern Borneo, months after more than 7% of the population there was impact

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto has instructed ministers in his Red and White Cabinet to accelerate waste management programs across Indonesia as par

Antara, Endang Mulyani, Jakarta – Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian estimates the government will need Rp130 trillion ($7.69 billion) over the next three years for post-disaster reha

Aceh Tamiang – President Prabowo Subianto marked the Eid al-Fitr holiday in Aceh on Saturday, where he inspected temporary housing built for survivors of recent floods and landslides as

Naina Rao, Indonesia – A 50-meter (164-foot) mountain of waste at Indonesia's Bantargebang landfill, the country's largest, recently collapsed following days of extreme rainfall that de

Rizky Pradita Ananda, Jakarta – Indonesia is bracing for a prolonged and uneven dry season this year as the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) warns that a so-called "Godzil

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Sovereign wealth fund Danantara has picked Zhejiang Weiming Environment Protection as the operating partner for the Bogor Raya waste-to-energy project, fur

Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – The government is accelerating post-disaster recovery across northern Sumatra after months of slow progress, prioritizing the construction of temporary housi

Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – At least five people died and four went missing when a massive landslide tore through Bantar Gebang, Indonesia's largest landfill, following hours of heavy rai

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Padang, Indonesia – Environmental inspectors in Indonesia say they're continuing to monitor compliance by mining and other companies on the island of Sumatra amid ongoing public outcry

Agencies, Jakarta – Rescuers are still searching for five missing people after a large stack of garbage collapsed at Indonesia's biggest landfill site over the weekend, killing at least

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Hendro Dahlan Situmorang, Jakarta – Indonesia's dry season could begin earlier than usual this year, with the onset forecast between April and June 2026 and a peak expected in August, t

Reiner Brabar, Jayapura – The Papua Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has issued a strong critique stating that Papua is being pushed to the brink of ecological destruction b

Creative Desk, Jakarta – Many villages that were affected by the floods and landslides that struck three Sumatran provinces more than two months ago have yet to recover from paralysis.

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – More than 50 representatives from environmental civil society organizations, academia, and regulatory bodies gathered on February 24 in Jakarta to support Indon

Agencies, Denpasar, Bali – Flooding in parts of Bali prompted hundreds of people, including dozens of tourists, to seek safety, a local disaster official said Tuesday.

Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – Most cities and regencies in Indonesia are failing to enforce single-use plastic restrictions, a situation worsened by inadequate monitoring systems and budget

Eka Yudha Saputrato, Jakarta – The rice fields in Meurah Dua District, Pidie Jaya Regency, Aceh, which are reportedly submerged in mud as a result of flooding, were personally inspected

Yustinus Paat, Endang Mulyani, Jakarta – The number of people displaced by disasters in Sumatra since late November 2025 has fallen sharply from more than 2 million at its peak to fewer

Apriwan, 360info/Padang – Many observers have linked the Sumatra floods in late 2025 to extreme rainfall associated with climate change.

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – Indonesia needs over Rp 2 trillion or around $118.5 million to provide the much-needed social assistance for victims of the catastrophic Sumatra flood, accordi

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Flash floods and landslides struck Central Tapanuli in North Sumatra, only two months after devastating floods triggered by Cyclone Senyar ravaged the region, f

Jamal Abdun Nashr, Jakarta – Floods inundate several neighborhoods in Semarang city on early Monday, February 16, 2026, as heavy downpours struck the Central Java capital overnight.

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), the country's top Islamic clerical body, has issued a fatwa declaring it haram, or religiously forbidden, to dispose of waste in ri

Algi Muhamad Gifari, West Bandung, W – Java.

Jakarta – A blaze at a pesticide warehouse in Tangerang, Banten, has triggered toxic runoff into the Jalantreng and Cisadane rivers, causing a mass fish die-off and disrupting clean wat

Isabel Esterman, Jakarta – When old mattresses and broken chairs are dumped by the roadside in his neighborhood, Erwinsyah faces a choice: leave them there and risk accidents, or set th

Mahfuzulloh Al Murtadho, Jakarta – Floods have struck Cijayanti Road in Babakan Madang, Bogor Regency.

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia has made progress in managing its mounting waste problem, but officials acknowledge the country remains far from its long-term targets as garbage volumes con

Jakarta – Residents have complained of foul odors and air pollution as the waste crisis at the Putri Cempo landfill in Surakarta, Central Java, worsens, marking the latest in a growing

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia's steel industry is becoming one of the country's fastest-growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions, even as it receives far less public attent

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – Indonesia's Ministry of Environment has taken firm action against two companies accused of operating without proper environmental permits and contributing to po

Anwar Siswadi (Kontributor), Jakarta – A landslide in Lembang District, West Bandung Regency, reportedly claimed the lives of two residents in Sukadami Village.

Muhammad Iqbal, Jakarta – The pollution of the Cisadane River has sparked widespread concern among local residents.

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Active ground movements continue to occur in the Central Javan village of Padasari in Jatinegara, Tegal, causing more and more residents to evacuate, accor

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – An independent survey found 330 landslides upstream of the Garoga and Siondop rivers after the rare tropical cyclone Senyar struck South Tapanuli regency in Nor

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs recorded that 725 out of 737 mosques and musallas (buildings used for Islamic prayer similar to mosques) af

Agencies, Jakarta – The death toll from a landslide in Cisarua district, West Bandung regency, West Java has climbed to 74, authorities said Friday, while announcing an extension for th

Arrum Harahap – From September to November 2025, severe flooding inundated large parts of both rural and urban Indonesia, especially on the islands of Sumatra and Bali.

Sukarjito, Jakarta – The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) has raised alarms over the growing threat of green financial crime (GFC), a form of financial wrongdoi

Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – The National Police's Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) has elevated the status of illegal logging and environmental violation cases in Aceh to th

Maretha Uli, Jakarta – The ambition from President Prabowo Subianto's administration to increase the country's economic growth to 8 percent through expanding extractive business may ris

Ahmad Fikri (Kontributor), Jakarta – The West Java Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) has reported a fatal landslide in Kampung Mekarsari, Tribakti Mulya Village, located within

Rhett Butler – A week ago, the media reported that the Ministry of Forestry estimated the total cost of rehabilitating Indonesia's forests and critical lands at Rp153.78 trillion, or ab

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A civil lawsuit against two corporations accused of causing environmental damage linked to the devastating Sumatra floods formally opened this week at the Medan

Adi Warsidi, Jakarta – Aceh Governor Muzakir Manaf announced the end of the Aceh disaster emergency response phase. The status will transition to a 90-day disaster recovery period.