Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo threatened on Tuesday to sack military and police officers fighting forest fires if they fail to extinguish the flame

Sragen, Indonesia – An Indonesian man is walking backwards from his home in eastern Java to the capital Jakarta to raise awareness of deforestation in a country with one of the highest

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has called on all related parties, including provincial governors, to help farmers acquire equipment such as excavator

Jakarta – Residents of East Kotawaringin in Central Kalimantan have been forced to wear dust-masks to protect their health following the emergence of "extremely thick" haze from widesp

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Investigators with the Environment and Forestry Ministry named an individual, identified only as 46-year-old UB, a suspect for allegedly starting a wildfire

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) says that the deployment of the TNI (Indonesian military) and Polri (Indonesian police) personnel to help extinguish forest a

Jakarta (Antara) – The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said that their latest satellite observation on Thursday morning today shows 264 hot spots indicating fore

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) says that 2,087 out of 4,258 hotspots recroded between January and July were located on concession land.

Byniniek karmini, Jakarta – Forest fires burning throughout Indonesia have prompted six provinces to declare a state of emergency and deploy thousands of security forces, a disaster of

Rini Astuti, Helena Varkkey and Zu Dienle Tan – Early in Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's first term, Indonesia experienced some of the worst forest fires and haze in decade

Jakarta (Antara) – The city of Pekanbaru in Riau is enveloped in thick smoke coming from the land and forest fires.

Jakarta – Indonesia is stepping up efforts to prevent a repeat of haze that blanketed much of Southeast Asia four years ago by deploying thousands of firefighters and emergency respons

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – An environmental NGO is warning authorities of a potential increase of forest fires in Jambi during the dry season, as satellites detected dozens of hot spots – id

Pekanbaru (Antara) – A thick cloud of smog caused by land and forest fire covered Pekanbaru City, Riau Province on Thursday morning, July 25. The mist produced a strong smell.

Indonesian logger and palm oil producer, the Korindo Group, is challenging some of the claims by environmental NGO, Mighty Earth.

Major palm oil producer Korindo has been found guilty of rainforest destruction and human rights abuses in the Indonesian province of Papua by the Forest Stewardship Council.

Yulia Savitri, Palembang, South Sumatra – Haze from forest and bush fires has long been a major problem, not only for locals, but also for people in neighboring countries.

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – A man from a village in East Java has embarked on an unconventional mission to raise awareness about preserving forests: he is walking 800km to Indonesia's capital

Michael Taylor, Kuala Lumpur – Green groups have urged the Indonesian government to step up help for hundreds of thousands of people made sick by forest fires and the haze they cause e

Jakarta (Antara) – Fire has razed 15 hectares of peatland on the outskirts of the Riau provincial capital of Pekanbaru since Friday (July 18, 2019)

Jakarta – Acting Aceh governor Nova Iriansyah has lashed out at the notion that oil palm plantations in the province contributed to environmental degradation, saying it was impossible

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – A joint team comprising the Environment and Forestry Ministry and Nunukan Police investigators apprehended three individuals in a case pertaining to illegal

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A new Indonesian government regulation that restricts the types of carbon-rich peat landscapes that must be protected has raised concerns among environmen

Jakarta – The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) through institutions such as the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police is expected to deploy thousands of officers

Pangkalan Kerinci – Five years since the Fire Free Village Program was initiated by Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper, or RAPP, a subsidiary of April Group, the number of forest fires in Ria

Panca Nugraha, Mataram – A vast area of savanna in Mount Rinjani National Park in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara has been engulfed by fire since Sunday evening, with authorities yet to dis

Jakarta – Several Indonesian regional authorities have been reminded to intensify monitoring for possible forest fires and drought, a report on Saturday (Jun 22) by the Antara news age

Jakarta – Indonesia asked the South Korean government to invite K-Pop stars to campaign for Indonesian forests in a bilateral meeting in Incheon, South Korea, a top official said in a

Ministers in the Government of President Joko Widodo are blocking efforts to reform the palm oil industry.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A massive series of seizures of timber from rare tree species has thrown into question the effectiveness of Indonesia's existing mechanisms to tackle ille

Jakarta – Eight EU representatives from Belgium, Spain, Finland, Ireland, Sweden, Hungary, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, and a representative from the Food and Agriculture Or

Singapore – The number of hotspots in restored peatlands in Indonesia has dropped by nearly 93 per cent since 2015, on the back of restoration efforts.

Jakarta – The European Union's plan to prohibit crude palm oil (CPO) as a raw material for biofuel will affect about 16 million people, including small oil palm plantations and laborer

Asip Hasani, Blitar, East Java – The Trenggalek Police in East Java have arrested a fellow officer for his alleged complicity in the theft of sonokeling (rosewood) logs on a state-owne

Bill Laurance and Penny van Oosterzee – This week, Indonesia will hold a presidential election that will make or break incumbent Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's chances of getting a second term

Bernadette Christina Munthe and Fransiska Nangoy, Jakarta – A senior Indonesian minister warned on Wednesday Southeast Asia's biggest economy could consider exiting the Paris climate d

Furious over the European Union's (EU) plans to phase out palm oil from transportation biofuel mix, Indonesia warned of pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement.

Jakarta – Indonesia, the world's largest palm oil producer, has certified a record amount of land under palm oil cultivation as employing environmentally sustainable methods, the Indon

Riyan Novitra, Jakarta – Thick smog allegedly caused by land and forest fire in Riau province clouded high buildings in Pekanbaru city, Tuesday, March 26.

Aditya L. Djono, Jakarta – Indonesia is adopting a tougher stance against the European Union's plan to phase out the use of palm oil in renewable transport fuel.

Jakarta – The total area lost to wildfires in Riau this year has increased to 2,719 hectares.

Jakarta – Forests play a bigger part in our lives than we realize.

Jakarta – In response to Jakarta's objection to a European Union bill that would cap the use of palm-oil-based biofuels in the region, the bloc explained that the regulation was not me

Jakarta – North Jakarta has seen the growth of 32,000 trees since they were planted 10 years ago at the Ecomarine Mangrove Forest.

Jakarta – The Environment and Forestry Ministry announced on Wednesday that five people, including three directors of different timber companies, had been named suspects in connection

Riyan Novitra (Contributor), Pekanbaru – The Terra and Aqua Satellite detected a 100 percent increase of Indonesian wildfire hotspots indicating land and forest fire in several areas o

Arya Dipa, Bandung, West Java – Amid tough global market challenges, the country's palm oil producers have to start expanding in the domestic market in order to boost absorption and st

Irsyan Hasyim (Contributor), Jakarta – The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) explained flash floods in Sentani, Jayapura were triggered by extreme downpours and forest damage.

Jakarta – The forest fire in Riau has expanded as haze spreads to more cities in the province.

South Sumatra – In a wooden shed perched on top of a hill in Musi Banyuasin, a district on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, a group of palm-oil farmers wax lyrical about their crop.