Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Pollution from nearby coal-fired power plants is choking the citizens of Jakarta, slashing years off their life expectancy, and turning the city into one o

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When Melati Wijsen set out to rid Bali of plastic bags at the age of 12, she could hardly have imagined it would catapult her onto the world stage, leading a global movement of young so

Angie Teo, Jakarta – An Indonesian volcano spewed a giant ash cloud 5 kilometres into the sky on Monday in its second eruption in three days, emitting a thunderous noise and turning th

Jack Board, Dili – An alien structure is humming over the distant lapping of some of the world's clearest and biodiverse waters.

Jakarta – The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has predicted that the dry season will last until October while also issuing drought warnings for four regions in In

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – The number of death tolls from flash floods that struck Masamba, North Luwu Regency, South Sulawesi, on Monday evening, July 13, was increasing.

Antara, Jakarta – The Head of the Sorong Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD), Herlin Sasabone, confirmed that four people died due to flood and landslide that hit the city on Thursday ni

Yuddy Cahya Budiman and Willy Kurniawan, Suralaya – Indonesian fisherman Ramidin says he used to catch stingray by paddling just off the shore of his village, but as a giant coal power

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has predicted dry weather, even droughts, in several areas of the country over the next few week

Andi Hajramuni, Makassar – Severe flooding that hit North Luwu regency, South Sulawesi, on Monday, has left at least 15 people dead and dozens more missing.

Jakarta – Activists have criticised the lack of progress of a historic Jakarta air pollution lawsuit, which remains unresolved a year after it was first filed on July 4, 2019.

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The government is speeding up efforts to issue a regulation on carbon trading as part of Indonesia's commitment to reducing global greenhouse gas emissi

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Local fishermen and activists in the capital city Jakarta have expressed concerns over the Jakarta Bay's ecological future following the administration's decis

Michael Taylor, Kuala Lumpur (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – An Indonesian government plan to develop a huge farm on Borneo island would likely increase planet-warming carbon emissions

Heru Asprihanto, Jakarta – Confusion reigned in malls and markets in Indonesia's capital on Thursday as a new ban on single-use plastics in one of the world's biggest ocean-polluting n

Jakarta – Several vendors at Jakarta's markets are finding that shoppers are yet to abide by the administration's newly enacted ban on single-use plastic bags, with many shoppers arriv

Moch Fiqih Prawira Adjie, Jakarta – The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said the country witnessed fewer natural disasters in the first half of this year, with 1,549 disaste

Starting today, Jakarta has officially banned single-use plastic bags at supermarkets, malls, and traditional markets.

Zahra Karim Didarali, Jakarta – The covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has brought numerous challenges to the way journalists report and has limited the stories they're able to tell, forcin

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Jakarta began a new chapter in reducing plastic waste on Wednesday, when a gubernatorial regulation banning single-use plastic bags in traditional markets, mode

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Adam Prireza, Jakarta – The Jakarta provincial administration disseminated information on the ban on plastic bags at 116 supermarkets across seven sub-districts of Tanjung Priok, North

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The Central Jakarta District Court has issued on Tuesday an interlocutory decision that it has jurisdiction to preside over the air pollution lawsuit filed by

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has initiated a revision to the Law No.

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Jakarta – The Bone River in Gorontalo breached its banks on Thursday, inundating swaths of Bone Bolango regency as well as the northern part of Gorontalo city.

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Activists have lambasted the Central Jakarta District Court's decision to postpone the interlocutory hearing of the landmark air pollution lawsuit they file

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has rejected an invitation to attend a public hearing with the House of Representative's (DPR) Legislative Body (Baleg) to di

Jakarta – The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has urged people to prepare for the dry season, expected to peak in August, although it is expected to be less sever

Jakarta – A number of flood-affected residents in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, decided to ask for help on social media when no rescue team had reached their respective areas four days i

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – Residents in some parts of archipelago, including those in Greater Jakarta, have experienced stiflingly hot temperatures over the past five days as Indo

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – Indonesia is set to receive a US$56 million grant from Norway as the first payment for the former's success in reducing deforestation and carbon emissions u

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Jakarta – Heavy rainfall throughout the week has caused floods and landslides in several provinces, as the rainy season is expected to be last longer than initially forecasted.

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Jakarta – Two people were killed and four severely injured following a landslide in a quarry in Blimbing village, Rembang regency, Central Java, on Wednesday afternoon.

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Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – Environmental advocacy group Greenpeace criticized President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo who planned to convert peatlands into rice fields.

Antara, Jakarta – Floods have submerged 21,888 houses in five sub-districts of Bandung District, West Java since Thursday (April 30, 2020), affecting 81,088 residents (24,898 families)

Antara, Jakarta – Floods triggered by the overflowing of the Barito River have submerged eight of the nine sub-districts in North Barito District, Central Kalimantan.

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Arya Dipa and Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta and Bandung – Fifteen years have passed since an avalanche of waste at Leuwigajah landfill in Cimahi, West Java, killed at least 147 people – a t

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Marta Colombo – For the past 15 years, Iskandar Waworuntu has been implementing and teaching permaculture outside Yogyakarta in Central Java, one of Indonesia's main tourist sites.