Jakarta – While praised for its progressive efforts in preserving forests and stopping forest fires, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration still faces criticism for doing les

Ian Morse, Makassar – In the Indonesian city of Makassar, where the rainy season often brings floods, Hasriani didn't worry when a day-long downpour last month saw water rise to her kn

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – Research that calls into question claims that palm oil is environmentally damaging compared with other vegetable oils will boost the government's efforts to def

Jakarta – A palm oil task force of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has released the results of a study showing that palm oil production is the most efficient

Ayat S. Karokaro, Medan – Police have charged the brother of a top official in Sumatra with clearing a protected forest for a palm oil plantation.

Gayatri Suroyo, Fransiska Nangoy, Jakarta – Indonesia intends to challenge an EU directive on renewable energy at the World Trade Organization, arguing the plan to curb the use of crop

Yuli Savitri, Palembang – The government has started research into developing peatlands as agricultural lands and conservation areas, following years of plantation companies and farmer

Jakarta – The Environment and Forestry Ministry is planning to issue 1,000 wood legality certificates this year to support the revival of the country's wood industry.

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The rampant destruction of forests in the Leuser ecosystem, a major water source for Aceh, has led to frequent flooding in the province.

South Tangerang – In an attempt to promote environmentalism, South Tangerang Mayor Airin Rachmi Diany has recommended reviving the "one couple, one tree" program for all future brides

Jakarta – An ambitious scheme to replant about a fifth of the land under palm oil in Indonesia is running far behind schedule, marking a blow to efforts by the world's top producer to

Jakarta – Two West Jakarta fires destroyed 40 makeshift houses in Jelambar and dozens of others in Tambora, forcing hundreds of residents to flee their homes.

In a major victory for the environment, Indonesia's Supreme Court has upheld a lower court verdict ordering PT National Sago Prima (NSP), a sago plantation company, to pay IDR 1 trilli

Philip Jacobson – The Indonesian government must put an immediate halt to land clearing in the Tanah Merah project, a vast stretch of land in Papua earmarked to become the world's bigge

Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – A researcher from Yayasan Kehati (Biodiversity Foundation) has called on stakeholders in the country's palm oil business to listen to the aspirations of fore

Jakarta – Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has rebuffed claims that he and the government were not paying attention to the deforestation and

Jakarta – Environmental watchdog Greenpeace Indonesia has responded to a statement from the Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) and the Indonesian Oil Palm Farmers Association (Ap

Jakarta – The Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) and the Indonesian Oil Palm Farmers Association (Apkasindo) have called on the government to take firm action against environment

Greenpeace said Saturday six of its activists boarded a tanker off Spain loaded with "dirty" palm oil to protest against a Nature-damaging commodity found in everything from soap to bis

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Six Greenpeace activists have reportedly been detained by the captain of tanker Stolt Tenacity for staging a rally against forests destruction, particularly

Loren Bell – A palm oil supplier to PepsiCo, Mars, Hershey and Johnson & Johnson has resumed clearing intact forest in West Papua, Indonesia, despite pressure by other major compani

Tessa Toumbourou – On Sept 19, Indonesian President Joko Widodo slapped a three-year moratorium on the issuance of new licenses for oil palm plantations.

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – Excessive damage to Jambi's forests as a result of destructive activities like illegal logging and mining, as well as land conversion, is causing routine flooding i

Jakarta – The Pekanbaru High Court in Riau has declared an executive of palm oil company PT Jatim Jaya Perkasa (JJP) guilty of burning 1,000 hectares of peatland in Rokan Hilir regency,

Jakarta – Police have named seven suspects over forest fires that plagued the province of South Sumatra over the past week.

Yulia Savitri, Palembang – Rain poured down on Palembang, South Sumatra, on Sunday afternoon, clearing the view in a city that had been blanketed by smoke from forest fires for the past

Bitung – Twelve activists have been arrested following a peaceful action by Greenpeace activists and four members of the band Boomerang who occupied a palm oil supply ship and refinery

Jakarta – Environmentalists on Tuesday abseiled down storage tanks and unfurled banners at a palm-oil refinery in Indonesia to protest the deforestation of the country's tropical forest

Greenpeace activists have scaled an Indonesian palm oil refinery with a popular rock band who played some of their pro-environment songs from the top of the structure, it said Tuesday,

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Environmental groups welcomed President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's instruction to halt the issuing of permits for palm plantations, calling it a long-awaited s

Sheany, Jakarta – Indonesia's oldest environmental advocacy group has criticized an argument in support of sustainable palm oil by one of the country's newest political parties, saying

An environmental NGO says the Forestry Stewardship Council's reputation is at stake over a case of deforestation in Indonesia's Papua province.

Peatland fires in Borneo and Sumatra have flared up again recently after two relatively fire-free seasons, portending a possible recurrence of 2015's haze crisis.

Marianne Brooker – People in Indonesia are sick and tired. The Indonesian Government promised to stop rogue companies but the palm oil industry still isn't listening.

Jakarta – Wildfires engulfed hectares of land in the Cikepuh and Cibanteng nature reserves in Sukabumi, West Java, between July and August.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Supreme Court has received a cassation appeal filed by the government against a Palangkaraya High Court ruling that found President Joko "Jokowi" W

Jakarta – The Environment and Forestry Ministry sealed land owned by five holders of plantation concessions in Kubu Raya, West Kalimantan over the weekend after authorities discovered f

Jakarta – The police have said four people had died in the past month because of forest fires in West Kalimantan.

Pontianak – Authorities in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, have ordered temporary school closures, as thick haze from forest fires has worsened in the city.

Severianus Endi, Pontianak – Pontianak authorities have ordered temporarily school closures, as thick smog from forest fires has worsened in the city.

Lee Seok Hwai – A commander tasked with preventing fires in Riau said he has issued a shoot-on-sight order across the Indonesian province against those found clearing land by burning, a

Assawin Pakkawan and online reporters – Smoke haze from this year's burning-off in Indonesia is starting to affect the health of people in Narathiwat, Satun, Songkhla and Yala provinces

Jakarta – The government is determined to carry out all necessary measures to prevent forest and land fires from spreading on the island of Sumatra, as the Asian Games are set to kick o

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The government is determined to carry out all necessary measures to prevent forest and land fires from spreading on the island of Sumatra, as the Asia

Jakarta – PT Riau Andalan Pulp & Paper (RAPP) has said it is supporting the 2018 Asian Games by raising awareness on the dangers and impacts of forest fires in an effort to reduce t

Jakarta – Researchers say the Indonesian government's "land swap" plan to give plantation companies new lands in exchange for restoring areas they destroyed could result in more tropica

Fergus Jensen and Bernadette Christina Munthe, Jakarta – Palm oil sourced from illegally cleared rainforest areas in Indonesia has flowed through traders to major consumer goods brands

Palm oil companies have been blamed for some of the worst environmental destruction in recent times, specifically the wide-scale destruction of Indonesia's critically important rainfore

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Relevant state agencies are set to collaborate to establish better forestry management in Papua in order to curb rampant illegal logging in the easternmost pr

Stephen Wright, Bangkok – The main global group for certifying sustainable wood has sent a "come clean" ultimatum to one of the world's largest paper companies and its billionaire Indon