Gabrielle Dunlevy, Brisbane – Climate change is worsening the hunger problem in Indonesia's West Timor province, which is already rivalling Africa.

Dili – The government of East Timor says it plans to establish a national park to protect a bounty of dolphins and whales – some of them endangered species – recently discovered minglin

Jakarta – Three nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have threatened to destroy illegal villas built in the Ciater water catchment areas if the Subang government fails to do so.

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – The State Ministry of Environment and the Supreme Court signed an agreement on Thursday to enforce law on environmental cases in the country.

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Hotli Simnjuntak, Banda Aceh – More than 5,000 homeless tsunami victims, who have lived in barracks since the 2004 disaster, have threatened to boycott the upcoming presidential electio

Hotli Simanjuntak – The great forests of Aceh are home to numerous species of Indonesian animals, many of which are facing possible extinction.

On the third anniversary of the Sidoarjo mudflow disaster human rights groups have once again called on the Government of Indonesia to provide all affected persons with immediate assist

Amir Tejo & Anita Rachman, Sidoarjo (East Java) – With sadness and increasing despair, former residents of dozens of villages engulfed by mud will today mark the date three years ag

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – State Minister of Research and Technology Kusmayanto Kadiman said on Thursday that tenders for nuclear power plants, which were initially targeted for comple

Robin McDowell, Jakarta – One of the world's largest paper companies plans to clear a large swath of unprotected forest in Indonesia being used as a sanctuary for critically endangered

Dozens of Bali environmental activists Friday stood in front of the Bali Provincial Prosecutor's Office and Denpasar District Court on Jl.

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Jakarta – The Manado District Court on Wednesday refused to try two environmental activists charged with organizing demonstrations without permit and returned the case to the police, An

Jongker Rumteh, Manado – Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) executive director Berry Nahdian Furqon and water and food campaign manager Erwin Usman stood trial Tuesday, follow

Ni Komang Erviani and Luh De Suryani, Denpasar – Dozens of environmental activists staged a quiet rally in front of the Bali Police headquarters in Denpasar on Tuesday to protest the ar

Indra Harsaputra and Lutfiana Mahmudah, Surabaya, Jember – East Java Governor Soekarwo has proposed manganese mining activities in Jember regency continue, despite strong opposition fro

Jakarta - Indonesia will deport 15 Philippine activists on Tuesday after they held a protest with local fisherman near the venue of a global conference on ocean conservation, officials

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Heru Andriyanto – The Attorney General's Office confirmed on Monday that it would not pursue a criminal case in the devastating mud volcano disaster in East Java allegedly involving PT

Jakarta – With more than 50 percent of lakes in Greater Jakarta in subpar condition, the government and administration have been told to enforce regulations more strictly and restore la

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Jepara, Central Java – Some 1,500 residents of Balong subdistrict, Kembang district, staged a rally over the weekend protesting against a government plan to build a nuclear powered elec

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Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – A number of homes still remain unfinished, but at 10 a.m.

Tom Allard, Magelang, Central Java – Indonesia's President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, yesterday backed away from longstanding and highly controversial plans to build a nuclear reactor i

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – More than 600 non-government organisations have warned that three second-hand power plants under construction in East Timor may endanger the health and livelih

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo – The Sidoarjo hot mudflow, now mixed with oil, poses a greater threat of environmental damage because it flows through residential areas and the Porong River

Tom Allard, Jakarta – The Indonesian Government ignored repeated warnings about a catastrophic flash flood at Situ Gintung and instead built a jogging track around its dam wall from fun

Jakarta – Any potential drought in Indonesia this year would most likely occur due to environmental damage rather than a prolonged or extreme dry season, the Meteorology, Climatology an

Putri Prameshwari – At least six of the 193 dams located in the Greater Jakarta area are in similar condition to the now-collapsed Situ Gintung dam, the Indonesian Forum for the Environ

Tom Allard, Indonesia – At least 50 Indonesians are believed to have perished and hundreds of homes destroyed after a dam broke south of Jakarta, sending huge volumes of water rushing t

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Dozens have been confirmed dead and many more are still missing after a reservoir wall collapsed in the Indonesian capital, creating a "tsunami" that wipe

Jakarta – A lack of coordination between government institutions, as well as inconsistent and overlapping laws, have been preventing the government from taking the necessary measures to

On a gloomy Thursday in February last year, thousands of passengers who landed at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport found themselves stranded at the arrival terminals.

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Jakarta – The Sidoarjo Mud Mitigation Agency warned Tuesday that levees built to contain the massive mudflow pond in Sidoarjo, East Java, may collapse at any time after part of the inne

Indonesian villagers have trapped and killed their fourth endangered Sumatran tiger amid a flurry of tiger attacks blamed on illegal logging, the environmental group World Wildlife Fund

Dessy Sagita – Environmental activists on Monday urged the Jakarta Administration to temporarily halt its car-free days on selected city roads, saying a re-evaluation was needed because

Indra Harsaputra and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Surabaya – Victims of the Lapindo mudflow disaster remain skeptical of the new pledge made by the Bakrie Family to pay disaster compensation in

Multa Fidrus, Banten – Thousands of industrial firms in Banten province are believed to be causing environmental damage which has triggered unpredictable weather cycles.

The international community has lauded Indonesia for its success in resolving years of conflicts in Aceh as well as its ability to quickly rebuild the province after the tsunami disaste

Amir Tejo – Tired of waiting for PT Minarak Lapindo Jaya to pay for the damage to their property, thousands of Lapindo mudflow victims in Sidoarjo, East Java Province, staged yet anothe

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Jakarta – Increased coal use could pose severe environmental threats for the nation, activists warned Monday.

Suherdjoko, Semarang – Heavy flooding over the past two days has paralyzed parts of the northern Java north coast, popularly known as Pantura, disrupting both land and air traffic.

Jakarta – Seasonal flooding in Indonesia has inundated hundreds of houses, forced the closure of a regional airport and triggered landslides that killed at least two people, officials s

Agus Maryono and Nana Rukmana, Cilacap/Cirebon – Landslides and floods triggered by incessant monsoon rain over the last four days in Cilacap, Central Java, have laid waste to 20 mounta

Nana Rukmana, Cirebon – The Cirebon Non-governmental Coalition (KLC) has urged eligible voters not to vote for politicians who are insensitive toward environmental issues in the 2009 le

Agus Maryono and Suherdjoko, Semarang – Heavy rains over the past three days have caused flooding and landslides in several regencies in Central Java that have left at least six people