Tunggadewa Mattangkilang, Balikpapan – A mining watchdog group in East Kalimantan says that a number of companies are using conservation areas in the region for mining activities.

Jakarta – Indonesia's top Islamic clerical body has issued a religious fatwa against the illegal hunting and trade in endangered animals in the country, which the World Wildlife Fund ha

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Balikpapan – The world's largest population of proboscis monkey, locally known as bekantan, and its natural habitat in Balikpapan Bay is in danger due to the expansion of oil palm plant

Tony Ng, Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia and local communities in Batang, Central Java, have alleged alarmingly high figures for greenhouse gas emissions and pollutants from a coal-fired

Wahyoe Boediwardhana and Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya/Jakarta – Last Thursday's eruption of Mount Kelud in Kediri, East Java, has inflicted tremendous financial losses in the aviation, ma

Jakarta – Life is slowly returning to normal in east Java after Thursday's volcanic eruption killed at least four people, closed airports and caused flight cancellations.

Jakarta – Six have died so far in the wake of Mount Kelud's forceful Thursday eruption, which drove tens of thousands of Central and East Java residents from their homes and scattered a

Paulina Quintao – Minister Isabel Amaral Guterres warned the MSS will halt natural disaster relieve assistance to victims because of cases where construction materials given by the gove

Suherdjoko, Semarang – Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo said the floods, land subsidence and landslides seen in many places in the province had lead to Rp 1 trillion (US$82 million)

Ainur Rohmah and Suherdjoko, Semarang – Floods and landslides in most parts of Central Java have caused dozens of casualties, damaged hundreds of kilometers of roads and destroyed thous

Karo, North Sumatra – Fourteen people, including four schoolchildren, were killed on Saturday after they were engulfed in scorching ash clouds spat out by Indonesia's Mount Sinabung in

Indah Setiawati and Multa Fidrus, Jakarta – The floods returned on Wednesday after incessant rain hit the capital overnight, forcing hundreds of residents to wade back to evacuation she

SP/Fana FS Putra – Booming construction in Jakarta and a precipitous decline in green space have exacerbated flooding despite the existence of years-old legislation requiring at least 3

Zubaidah Nazeer, Karo, North Sumatra – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made a high-profile visit to Karo regency in North Sumatra, where he met residents displaced by the Mount Sinab

Dina Manafe & Robertus Wardi – More than 500 lives are lost each year as the toll from floods and landslides continues increasing each year, official figures show.

Nana Rukmana and Suherdjoko, Cirebon/semarang – Around 3,500 hectares of agricultural land in 10 districts across Cirebon regency in West Java are at risk of crop failure following torr

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The climate agency has rejected statements by Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo saying that the flooding in Jakarta had been caused by natural factors such as high

Jakarta – Puddles of water and thick mud are not the only problems flood victims in Manado, North Sulawesi, face, as looters are also reportedly wandering around housing areas.

Putri Fitria – "Bangun Bali, subsidi petani. Kita semua makan nasi, bukannya butuh reklamasi." "Build Bali, subsidize the farmers. We all eat rice, don't need reclamation."

Jakarta – The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency's (BMKG) extreme weather early warning head, Achmad Zukri, said the recent flooding in Jakarta had not been caused by natur

Lenny Tristia Tambun – Heavy rainfall and flooding have left at least seven dead this week in Indonesia's capital, according to city officials.

Suherdjoko and Ainur Rohmah, Semarang – Thousands of people in a number of regions across Central Java have been forced to flee their homes after parts of the province were affected by

Indonesia has seen a dramatic decline in the number of Javan and Sumatran rhinos over the past eight years, according to a director of an organization dedicated to preserving the animal

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The Banda Aceh Ulema Consultative Assembly (MPU) has once again prohibited Muslims in the city from extending Christmas wishes and celebrating New Year's

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – The Environment Ministry has issued 17 firms with so-called "black labels" for polluting the environment and failing to meet environmental standards set b

Angela Dewan – Samarinda, East Kalimantan. Barges loaded with mountains of coal glide down the polluted Mahakam River on Indonesian Borneo every few minutes.

Vento Saudale – Officials from Bogor have since October torn down 75 holiday villas and buildings as part of efforts to eliminate a total of 239 illegal buildings in the Puncak area in

A coalition of activist groups has praised Indonesia for signing an international treaty on mercury emissions, but emphasized that the country has much to do to reduce the use of the hi

Manila, Philippines – Economic losses frrom climate change could reach as much as 10% of Timor-Leste's annual GDP by 2100, making it one of the worst hit in the Pacific, says a new Asia

Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata – Members of the Muara Angke fishing community in North Jakarta make their living from the sea, but it is a living that many residents say is increasingly at

Diana Parker – The one-horned Javan rhino (Rhinoceros sondaicus), which once ranged through South and Southeast Asia, is now extinct in all but one rare lowland forest in western Java,

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – Citarum River in West Java and the entire island of Kalimantan are among the world's 10 most polluted places alongside Chernobyl in Ukraine, says an annua

John Vidal – Just 30 years ago, Samarinda was a sleepy village surrounded by deep equatorial forest and known mostly for its traditionally woven sarongs.

Jakarta – Indonesia concluded the second batch of training program intended to hone up the skill of Timor Leste officials in carrying out Environment Feasibility Assessment (AMDAL) esse

Linda Pressly – About 15% of the world's gold is produced by artisanal and small-scale miners, most of whom use mercury to extract it from the earth.

Erwida Maulia & Jonathan Vit – Environmental groups accused Indonesia's second-largest pulp and paper company Asia Pacific Resources International Ltd.

Jakarta – Environmental activists have submitted a class-action lawsuit against President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono over the claim he has failed to protect people in Riau province from t

Indonesia's forestry minister has accused Hollywood star Harrison Ford of subjecting him to a rude interview on climate change that left him "shocked", an official said.

The Timorese government is creating protected areas in the waters of the Coral Triangle, called "no-take zones," where fishing is prohibited.

Bali Governor I Made Mangku Pastika has revoked a controversial decree that granted a license to a private company to develop Benoa Bay into a tourism facility.

Kanupriya Kapoor, Jakarta – A deadly lava flow at the weekend that killed five people and sent hundreds fleeing illustrates the formidable challenges Indonesia faces in coping with the

Wildlife conservation activists in Indonesia marked a somber Global Tiger Day earlier this week with dire warnings about the relentless destruction of the last remaining forests that ar

Luh De Suriyani – Environmental activists staged protests over the planned reclamation of Benoa Bay in front of the governor's office on Wednesday, demanding the governor revoke the con

Jakarta – Environment Minister Balthasar Kambuaya's remark made on July 17 that he would not publish the concession had sparked criticism from environment activists.

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – An animal rights activist who initiated an online petition calling for a criminal probe into the killing of four elephants in Aceh claimed to have faced inti

Robertus Wardi – Officials in Jakarta have lashed out at the Aceh administration for its insistence on flying the flag of a now-disbanded separatist group as its provincial standard.

Dyah Ayu Pitaloka, Malang, East Java – Javanese bulls, also known as Bos Javanicus, are on the brink of extinction, according to a study by a government environmental group.

Jakarta – Domestic waste, at 80 percent, remains the top contributor to water pollution in Indonesia.

Banda Aceh, Indonesia – Soldiers, police and volunteers fanned out across an earthquake-damaged region of western Indonesia on Wednesday, scouring the debris of fallen homes and landsli