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Suherdjoko, Semarang – Military officers will be deployed to monitor the closure of an illegal mining site on Mt. Merapi, Central Java, a legislator said Tuesday.

Candra Malik, Solo – There's an environmental drawback, after all, to the rising trend toward ecological tourism, where nature lovers flock to pristine natural sites.

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – The National Commission on Human Rights will go ahead with its lawsuit against the President and PT Lapindo Brantas Inc, despite police having suspended the

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – Police should revoke their recent order for cessation of investigations into who was responsible for the Lapindo mudflow disaster, the East Java chapter of the For

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – More than $30 million worth of infrastructure relocated because of the three-year-old Lapindo mudflow in East Java may be once again under threat, this time from a

Suherdjoko, Semarang – Thousands of hectares (ha) of mangrove forest in northern coastal areas have been seriously damaged due to fish farms, residences, industries, tourism and illegal

Amir Teja, Surabaya – East Java Police on Friday dropped an investigation into 13 people named as suspects in relation to the Lapindo mudflow disaster in Sidoarjo.

Kafil Yamin – Drought has dried up the groundwater in several places throughout West Java's Bandung district, forcing residents to cut back on bathing and other usage.

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – After the economic boom from rebuilding projects in the wake of the 2004 earthquake and tsunami, growth in the non-oil and gas sectors in Aceh has dropped as

Bogor – Thousands of the world's frog species are on the brink of extinction and efforts to conserve them are urgently needed, the president of the Association of Southeast Asian Zoos s

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Indonesia, Jakarta – The El Nino climate phenomenon could hit Indonesia this year, producing a dry spell that could threaten its rice fields.

A Papua human rights activist has dismissed claims by Indonesia's Defence Minister that foreign governments or NGOs could be behind a series of deadly ambushes near the Freeport mine in

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – Residents of a neighborhood in the Porong subdistrict of Sidoarjo, East Java, are reportedly refusing to leave their homes despite being warned that a new mudflow

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Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo, East Java – Residents living outside the areas officially affected by the Lapindo mudflow disaster have demanded compensation following the provincial admini

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo, East Java – Hundreds of fish and shrimp farmers in Porong and Jabon districts, Sidoarjo regency, East Java, have demanded the Sidoarjo Mudflow Handling Agenc

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

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

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