Shane J. Barter – The highly anticipated 2014 Indonesian national elections are fast approaching.

Dili – Timor-Leste needs to do more at the national and district levels to boost disaster preparedness, especially in rural areas, say experts.

Rizal Harahap and Nurfika Osman, Pekanbaru – Preliminary investigations have singled out eight plantation companies owned by Malaysian investors as the source of forest fires in Riau th

Ezra Sihite – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie said he was confused claims by several leaders of the House of Representatives that they were unaware of an article in the 2013 revis

Criticism has mounted over the government's lack of discussion regarding the Rp 155 billion ($15.7 million) fund allocation in the 2013 state budget for the management of the Sidoarjo m

Jakarta – Agriculture Minister Suswono said that Indonesia would likely experience a year-long wet season, a condition that could have an impact on the country's food production capabil

Jakarta, Indonesia – Poisoning or shooting killed many of the 129 critically endangered elephants that have died on Indonesia's Sumatra island in less than a decade, highlighting weak e

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo – Hundreds of people affected by the Lapindo mudflow in Sidoarjo, East Java, have yet to receive compensation seven years after the disaster.

Emma Masters, Dili – The Australian Government has returned two decades of weather data to East Timor, after it was rescued by a Darwin meteorologist amid civil unrest during the small

Ari Rikin – A leading scientist has rated Indonesia's water management policies as among the worst in the world, and called for greater use of research and technology improve access to

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has made a scathing criticism of the poor handling of the Sidoarjo mudflow by the gas exploration firm PT Minarak Lapindo

Jakarta – The Institute for the Free Flow of Information (ISAI) announced on Tuesday that Aceh is the least likely province to allow press freedom and the most dangerous for journalists

The critically endangered Sumatran tiger could soon be extinct in the province of Jambi because of the rapid loss of its forest habitat, conservationists warn.

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Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – All candidates contesting next year's legislative elections in Aceh will be required to take a Koran proficiency test, a member of the province's electoral bo

Victims and family members are still waiting for the Indonesian authorities to provide them with truth, justice and full reparation almost eight years after the end to the devastating A

Yuli Krisna, Bandung – West Java has been seen as key to solving Jakarta's annual flooding problems, with experts calling for more cooperation between the neighboring provinces.

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Jon Afrizal and Indra Harsaputra, Jambi/Surabaya – The number of Sumatran tigers in national parks in Jambi is in decline due to the loss of its habitat, forcing the wild cat to venture

Hans David Tampubolon – Residents of Porong, Sidoarjo in East Java will never forget May 29, 2006.

The following stories are the second of a series of reports on the life of residents in Sidoarjo, East Java, who have been affected by a mudflow since 2006.

Hans David Tampubolon – The failure to mitigate and to stop the mudflow that started in 2006 in Porong, Sidoarjo, in East Java, has severely damaged the environment and threatens public

Political apathy is growing in Porong, Sidoarjo, East Java, where since May 2006 residents have suffered from an endless mudflow.

Ezra Sihite – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday strongly criticized Lapindo Brantas, the oil and gas company that some scientists blame for the Sidoarjo mudflow disaster, f

Jakarta – Environmental activists urged the government to drop its plan to boost coal exports from Kalimantan, as it would not only contribute to greater carbon emissions but would enda

Jakarta – An environmental group in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) said that it would file a report to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) over alleged gratuities given by Tha

Andi Hajramurni and Kusumasari Ayuningtyas, Makassar/Surakarta – Flooding in a number of regions across the country has intensified as heavy downpours continue to exacerbate the problem

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Torrential rain has been pounding several locations in Indonesia, leading to an increasing number of areas hit by floods and landslides throughout the country o

The Constitutional Court has rejected a request to transfer the full burden of compensation covering all the land affected by the Lapindo mudflow, to the oil and gas company owned by th

Tito Summa Siahaan – While the Indonesia government is being applauded for introducing the world's first carbon credit mechanism, the country's civil society organizations believe the i

Oyos Saroso HN, Bandar Lampung – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has urged Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan not to hesitate in enforcing the licensing policy in nationa

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) in North Sumatra has attributed the major flooding that hit several regencies over the last week to the rapid rat

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The Yogyakarta, East Java, West Java and Jakarta branches of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) have blamed the conversion of agricultural a

Nick Chesterfield, with local sources – Indonesian Special Forces officers have redoubled their efforts to hunt down non-violent women's and environmental rights activist Fanny Kogoya,

Sukamaju – With dozens of bright green rice paddies, flocks of kites in the sky and children laughing nearby, at first glance the village of Sukamaju in western Java has all the charms

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Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – A green group has blamed local politics for contributing to the switft enviromnental degradation that eventually led to more frequent natural disasters.

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Fishermen, who earn a living from catching fish or farming seaweed in the south of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), can only recall the heyday when they sailed into t

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Jakarta – The author of a book which criticizes Golkar Party Chairman Aburizal Bakrie for his poor handling of the Lapindo mudflow disaster in Sidoarjo, East Java,

Jakarta – When Hari Suwandi's 25-day trek from Porong, Sidoarjo in East Java to Jakarta, wrapped up on July 8, many considered it as a triumph of human spirit against the injustice that

Anita Rachman & Ezra Sihite – A Sidoarjo mud volcano victim's tearful request for forgiveness from Aburizal Bakrie comes as a slap in the face to the rest of the victims of the disa

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Surabaya – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has called on the police to launch a probe into the apparent disappearance of Ali Azhar Akbar, author of

Kupang, West Timor – A prominent US expert in oil spill recovery said in Kupang on Saturday that Indonesia needs to craft a program to deal with the lingering and largely over-looked ef

Jakarta – It was a long, long journey from Sidoarjo to Jakarta, but for Hari Suwandi and Hartowiyono, the journey was the least they could do after years of unsuccessful attempts to obt

Anita Rachman – On June 14, Hari Suwandi embarked on a 25-day journey on foot from his home in Sidoarjo, East Java, to raise awareness of the plight of people from his village, Kedung

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The East Java administration's refusal to grant a gas drilling permit to a notorious company linked to Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie has been blasted

Murizal Hamzah – More than a week after the author of the controversial book "Lumpur Lapindo File: Konspirasi SBY-Bakrie" ("The Lapindo Mud File: SBY-Bakrie Conspiracy"), Ali Azhar Akba

Alina Musta'idah – The Constitutional Court began reviewing on Friday a provision in the 2012 state budget that allows the government to use taxpayer money to compensate victims of the

Tunggadewa Mattangkilang, Balikpapan – Only a tenth of Balikpapan Bay's original coral reefs remain today, with environmentalists blaming shipping activity and the destruction of mangro