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April 11, 2018

ABC Coffs Coast - April 11, 2018

Meghna Bali – Indigenous elders on the Mid North Coast are sharing their knowledge about environmental sustainability with Indonesian marine and fisheries leaders.

April 10, 2018

Pacific Standard - April 10, 2018

Basten Gokkon – Environmental advocates have warned that proposed revisions to Indonesia's conservation act could provide new loopholes for wildlife traffickers, who already enjoy a thr

April 9, 2018

The Interpreter - April 9, 2018

Kate Walton – "We believe this is the worst oil spill to catch fire since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster," said Fathur Roziqin Fen, Director of WALHI East Kalimantan.

Jakarta Post - April 9, 2018

Jakarta – International environmental group Greenpeace has demanded that state oil and gas company Pertamina take full responsibility and come up with a transparent and comprehensive pl

April 7, 2018

Jakarta Post - April 7, 2018

Jakarta – The area affected by an oil spill in Balikpapan Bay, East Kalimantan, has widened although it remains unclear what exactly is causing the spread, an official has said.

ABC Radio Australia - April 7, 2018

Adam Harvey – Environmental groups want the head of Indonesia's state-owned oil company to be fired over an oil spill that has killed five people and polluted an estimated 80km of Borne

April 6, 2018

Jakarta Post - April 6, 2018

Jakarta – Several environmental activists grouped under the name OKP Ganespa from South Tangerang sealed the construction site of a toll road connecting Serpong and Cinere on Thursday,

Jakarta Globe - April 6, 2018

Adinda Normala and Amal Ganesha, Jakarta – Last week's oil spill in East Kalimantan has killed five people and is destroying marine life in the waters off Balikpapan, East Kalimantan.

April 4, 2018

Asian Correspondent - April 4, 2018

Basten Gokkon – The Indonesian government has launched an investigation into a major oil spill in Borneo amid reports linking the incident to the deaths of four fishermen and an endange

March 30, 2018

Mongabay - March 30, 2018

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – High costs and a lack of funding stand in the way of Indonesia achieving its target for the restoration of degraded peatland across the country, a new stud

March 27, 2018

Jakarta Post - March 27, 2018

Jakarta – The Indonesian Olefin, Aromatic and Plastic Industry Association (Inaplas) has voiced its objection to a planned excise on plastic and refuses to take the blame for the acute

March 25, 2018

Jakarta Post - March 25, 2018

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Indigenous communities from Airu Hulu village in Jayapura regency, Papua, have accused Greenpeace of "interfering" with the management of customary forest

March 24, 2018

Straits Times - March 24, 2018

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – The plight of Erin the baby elephant, who was found in a poacher's trap with a severed trunk, has received national attention this week after her story

March 6, 2018

The Guardian - March 6, 2018

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – A British diver has captured shocking images of himself swimming through a sea of plastic rubbish off the coast of the Indonesian tourist resort of Bali.

March 5, 2018

Jakarta Post - March 5, 2018

Arya Dipa, Bandung, West Java – A rally against the construction of incinerators took place on the sidelines of the 2018 International Zero Cities Conference in Bandung, West Java, on M

February 23, 2018

Jakarta Post - February 23, 2018

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – A top Indonesian marine scientist has said that Indonesia is planning to conduct a large-scale research study aimed at challenging international findings tha

The Guardian - February 23, 2018

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Overwhelmed by tides of waste and decades of mass tourism, to some, the Indonesian island of Bali is a paradise long lost.

February 14, 2018

Mongabay - February 14, 2018

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Zely Ariane, an editor at the Tabloid Jubi newspaper in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua, gets frustrated each time an acquaintance travels there an

February 2, 2018

Jakarta Globe - February 2, 2018

Dames Alexander Sinaga, Jakarta – The Ministry of Environment and Forestry on Thursday (01/02) urged local governments, companies and communities in Sumatra and Kalimantan to cooperate

January 24, 2018

Jakarta Post - January 24, 2018

Arya Dipa, Bandung, West Java – West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan said he appreciated the work of the West Java Police's Special Crime Investigation Directorate personnel who had closed

January 10, 2018

Jakarta Globe - January 10, 2018

Dames Alexander Sinaga, Jakarta – Indonesia is still far behind its target of rehabilitating 1.8 million hectares of degraded mangrove forests by 2045 due to a lack of money and human r

January 5, 2018

Voice of America - January 5, 2018

Krithika Varagur, Jakarta – Mount Merapi, in Central Java, is one of the most important volcanoes in Indonesia, one of the most volcanically active countries in the world.

December 30, 2017

Jakarta Globe - December 30, 2017

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – A total of 2,341 natural disasters in 2017 killed 377 people and displaced around 3.5 million others, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency, or BNPB, said on Friday (29/

December 28, 2017

Jakarta Post - December 28, 2017

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – Indonesian seaweed farmers from East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) have called on the government to revise their lawsuit at the Central Jakarta District Court again

December 26, 2017

Tempo - December 26, 2017

Adi Warsidi (Contributor), Banda Aceh – Dozens of journalists in Banda Aceh from numerous organizations and media held a prayer on Monday, December 25, to commemorate fellow journalists who lost th

December 22, 2017

The Conversation - December 22, 2017

Balawyn Jones – On December 26, 2004, a tsunami struck Aceh Province in Indonesia, resulting in unprecedented destruction and loss of life.

December 21, 2017

Straits Times - December 21, 2017

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – An Indonesian administrative court on Thursday (Dec 21) rejected a petition by a major Indonesian pulp and paper company that challenged a government decision to vo

December 16, 2017

Jakarta Globe - December 16, 2017

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – All of Indonesia's tsunami buoys are inoperable due to vandalism and lack of maintenance, an official from the National Disaster Mitigation Agency, or BNPB, said on Saturd

December 10, 2017

Jakarta Post - December 10, 2017

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has criticized greening and land-restoration programs that he described as purely decorative without concrete follow-up action.

November 29, 2017

Jakarta Post - November 29, 2017

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta, Central Java – Thousands of residents in Surakarta, Central Java, are being forced to evacuate after floodwater engulfed hundreds of homes following heavy rains that h

November 26, 2017

ABC News - November 26, 2017

Stephanie Zillman – Thousands of Indonesian seaweed farmers who say Australia's worst oil spill destroyed their livelihoods are to have their class action against a Thai-owned petroleum company hea

November 16, 2017

Jakarta Globe - November 16, 2017

Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia is urging state-run utility company Perusahaan Listrik Negara, or PLN, to cancel its coal-fired power plant projects in Java and Bali since they pose significant risk

October 29, 2017

Shanghai Daily - October 29, 2017

Kiki Siregar – Deep in Indonesia's easternmost province, a group of birdwatchers wait in earnest, hoping to glimpse the renowned bird-of-paradise.

October 24, 2017

Jakarta Post - October 24, 2017

Jakarta – Jakarta will be surrounded by more than 10 coal-fired power plants (PLTU) within a 100-kilometer radius, which could lead to premature deaths, Greenpeace Indonesia has reported.

October 22, 2017

Deutsche Welle (DW) - October 22, 2017

The islands of Raja Ampat are set to be Indonesia's next tourism hotspot – but locals fear the government is failing both them and the environment in its development push.

October 15, 2017

The Guardian (Australia) - October 15, 2017

Robin McKie – Nona is a Sulawesi crested black macaque. Photographed here by Stefano Unterthiner, she is seen chained to a chair outside the house where she is kept as a pet.

October 13, 2017

Jakarta Post - October 13, 2017

Jakarta – The Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs will accelerate resolution of land acquisition and environmental impact assessment problems faced by the New Yogyakarta International Airpor

October 4, 2017

Jakarta Globe - October 4, 2017

Jakarta – At least 1,300 residents have been evacuated and 380 homes damaged after landslides hit villages in the West Java district of Cianjur last weekend, an official said on Tuesday (03/10).

September 11, 2017

Jakarta Post - September 11, 2017

Jakarta – Residents of Jl.

September 9, 2017

Jakarta Post - September 9, 2017

Theresia Sufam, Bogor, West Java – Scientists from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences' (LIPI) Biology Research Center and the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) have joined hands to explore the bio

September 4, 2017

Jakarta Post - September 4, 2017

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Klaten, Central Java – Residents of 13 villages in Kemalang district, Klaten, Central Java, are being forced to buy clean water, as the dry season has caused wells and rivers in

August 30, 2017

Straits Times - August 30, 2017

Jakarta =- Millions of people across Indonesia are facing failed harvests and a shortage of clean water as a result of worsening drought conditions.

ABC Radio Australia - August 30, 2017

Stephanie Zillman – More than 15,000 Indonesian seaweed farmers who say Australia's worst-ever oil spill destroyed their livelihoods are about to learn if the Federal Court will hear their case.

August 28, 2017

Awas MIFEE - August 28, 2017

The outlook for the plantation industry in Papua has started to show signs of change recently, both because of a sustainability drive in the palm oil supply chain, which has forced many companies t

August 11, 2017

Jakarta Post - August 11, 2017

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta, Central Java – It is estimated that 1,235 villages in 266 districts in Central Java will face water shortages as a result of drought.

August 6, 2017

Straits Times - August 6, 2017

Francis Chan, Jakarta – Indonesian satellites on Sunday (Aug 6) morning picked up 282 hot spots – believed to be the highest number across the country this year – as the dry season continues.

August 3, 2017

Jakarta Post - August 3, 2017

Jakarta – National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) head Bambang S. Brodjonegoro has said Java's northern coastal area is facing a daunting threat, namely land subsidence.

Jakarta Post - August 3, 2017

Nethy Darma Somba, Jayapura – Heavy downpour since early in the morning caused flash floods in many areas of Jayapura on Thursday.

August 1, 2017

Jakarta Post - August 1, 2017

Jakarta – Maritime Coordinating Minister Luhut Pandjaitan has contacted high-ranking Australian officials to speed up the legal process for the class action lawsuit against Thailand-based oil produ