Jakarta – In response to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's criticism of the issuance of business-unfriendly regulations, Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar says she never felt that

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua has urged Indonesia's government to put words into action about helping the Pacific with climate change.

Pacific Media Centre – Greenpeace Indonesia has staged a protest in front of the US embassy in Jakarta over the decision of President Donald Trump withdrawing from the Paris Agreement on climate ch

Jakarta (Bernama) – The El Nino weather phenomenon that occurred between 2015 and 2016 caused widespread coral bleaching in Indonesian waters, Indonesia's Antara news agency reported.

Andre Vltchek – How destructive can man get, how ruthless, in his quest to secure maximum profit, even as he endangers the very survival of our planet?

Sudarsono, Jakarta – Several lawmakers are calling on the government to close down or expel non-government organisations (NGOs) working for foreign interests because they are undermining national s

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Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has launched a $US2 billion ($2.6 billion) lawsuit against the company responsible for the worst oil spill in the history of Australia's offshor

Severianus Endi, Pontianak, West Kalimantan – Earth Day, which was celebrated globally on April 22, has become a crucial way for World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) Indonesia to alert various part

Jakarta – The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) warned on Tuesday that people should remain alert for more landslides in the country as about 40 million citizens, 17 percent of the populat

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Ponorogo, East Java – At least 27 people are feared to be buried after a 100-meter-high hill collapsed on Saturday morning during heavy rains in a hamlet in Ponorogo regency,

Stephen Wright, Gunung Gede Pangrango, Indonesia – Shrouded in mist and cloud, the twin volcanoes of the lushly forested Gunung Gede Pangrango national park are the brooding guardians of nature's l

Jakarta – Indonesia says nearly 19,000 square meters (204,000 square feet) of coral reef was damaged by a foreign cruise ship that ran aground in the pristine waters of Raja Ampat in West Papua pro

Jakarta – As hundreds of people filled Jalan Thamrin in Central Jakarta during "Women's March" on Saturday (04/03), Greenpeace said women and children are still the most vulnerable groups threatene

Johnny Langenheim – Indonesia has pledged up to $1bn a year to dramatically reduce the amount of plastic and other waste products polluting its waters.

Thomas Ora, Dili – Timor-Leste's Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Environment has launched a joint effort to tackle coastal abrasion by restoring about twelve hectares of mangroves which were dam

Rachel Diaz-Bastin – Indonesia's new mining regulations have resulted in a high-stakes dispute with foreign investors, but what effects will these legal changes have on the environment?

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Karanganyar, Central Java – Thousands of residents in Karanganyar regency, Central Java, rejected the government's plan to begin geothermal exploration at Mt.

I Wayan Juniarta, Nusa Dua, Bali – Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Luhut Pandjaitan said on Thursday that the government had put together a joint team of scholars to carry out another study

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Bandung Mayor Ridwan Kamil plans to ban conventional plastic bags to tackle the plastic waste problem in the city.

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang – Lawmakers have demanded the Indonesian government engage in intensive diplomatic talks with its Australian counterpart to resolve an oil spill in the Montara oil field that h

Suherdjoko, Semarang – Flooding has struck several areas in Central Java over recent days, displacing thousands of local residents and cutting off access via main roads.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Banjarmasin – Indonesia will declare its commitment to combat plastic debris in marines on Feb. 23.

While plans to build a major cement project in Timor-Leste have brought the welcome promise of jobs for local people, the environmental and social costs could be catastrophic.

Jakarta – Seventeen associations have expressed their rejection of the government's plan to impose taxes on plastic, arguing that such a policy would reduce the competitiveness of Indonesian produc

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Mangrove conservation is largely still being neglected by the government, even though the country's swamps, a crucial guardian of the coasts amid a rising sea level, a

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The people and the environment in Jakarta and Semarang are not resilient enough to withstand ecological disasters due to the impact of a series of reclamation projects

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – Indonesia expects to see its aquaculture production fall below its annual target this year, mainly due to the impact of the La Nina weather phenomenon on sea water condi

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – East Nusa Tenggara people have asked President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to cancel his planned to visit Australia next year in protest at the lack of a Montara

Jakarta – Hundreds of people gathered at a mass grave of tsunami victims in Ulee Lhue, Banda Aceh, on Monday as they prayed for the souls of those buried there.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – With more cars cramming major cities across the country, the air quality has worsened over the past year, rising to levels in several metropolises that may pose a seri

Jewel Topsfield, Pidie Jaya, Indonesia – As the number of displaced people from Wednesday's earthquake ballooned to more than 23,000, the scarred communities of Aceh confronted an old fear: the spe

Meureudu, Indonesia – Thousands of people in the Indonesian province of Aceh took refuge for the night in mosques and temporary shelters after a strong earthquake Wednesday killed nearly 100 people

Jewel Topsfield – They are clearing a marketplace in Meureudu which was flattened by the earthquake that struck Aceh on Wednesday morning.

Oliver Holmes and agencies – At least 97 people have died and more are feared trapped in collapsed buildings after a powerful earthquake struck off Indonesia's Sumatra island at dawn on Wednesday.

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – One of Indonesia's most senior ministers has called on Australia to help find a solution to the 2009 Montara oil spill which he says caused lasting negative impacts in on

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Activists are demanding the government bring back orangutans originating from Indonesia that have been smuggled abroad, saying they have sent letters to embassies in the ho

Hotli Simanjuntak and Lita Aruperes, Banda Aceh/Manado – Several regions in Sumatra and Java that have been severely hit by natural disasters have yet to recover while landslides in North Sulawesi

Hotli Simanjuntak, Ganug Nugroho Adi, Jon Afrizal, Agus Maryono and Rizal Harahap, Aceh, Surakarta, Jambi, Cilacap, Pekanbaru – Extreme weather in several areas across the archipelago has caused la

Jakarta – Indonesia was hit with 1,985 natural disasters from Jan. 1 to Nov. 11, the highest in 10 years.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesians' love of plastic has propelled the country to become the world's second-biggest contributor to plastic waste in the ocean, choking the seas with soda bottl

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – In less than a year, the country has taken a step back in plastic waste management, as retailers have stopped charging for plastic shopping bags.

Panca Nugraha and Ruslan Sangaji, Jakarta/Mataram/Palu – Floods have been hitting a number of regions across the country, displacing people, destroying agricultural fields and inundating hundreds o

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, Padang – A legislator from West Sumatra apparently cannot understand why local authorities are opposing his business interests in the province, which he has represented at the

Jakarta – The death toll from the flash floods that hit Garut district in West Java rose to 27, while 22 people are still missing two days after the incident, a spokesman for the National Disaster

Ina Parlina, Agus Maryono and Rizal Harahap, Jakarta/Cilacap/Pekanbaru – Heavy rains, arguably caused by the La Nina weather phenomenon that increases precipitation, have wreaked havoc in two regen

Agus Maryono and Rizal Harahap, Cilacap/Pekanbaru – Two people have died in floods in Cilacap regency, Central Java, over the past three days.

Severianus Endi and Novi Abdi, Pontianak/Balikpapan – The number of hot spots across West Kalimantan province has been growing since early this week with some 400 of them detected on Tuesday, incre

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The government has given the country's leading pulp and paper company PT Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper (RAPP) a slap on the wrist even though it has violated President J

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru, Riau – Wildlife trade will not come to an end until Indonesia's legal system imposes heavy sentences with a deterrent effect on people who illegally hunt or trade animals,