Nicholas Kusnetz – The Indonesian government said it has revoked the licenses of 28 companies for violating forestry regulations in provinces hit by devastating flooding in November.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has revoked the permits of 28 companies over environmental violations that authorities say exacerbated the deadly floods and land

Jakarta – The Forest Area Enforcement (PKH) Task Force claims to have seized 4.09 million hectares of oil palm plantations within forest zones throughout 2025.

M. Faiz Zaki, Jakarta – Indonesia is planning to establish waste-to-energy plants (PSEL) this year.

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia, through the Ministry of Forestry, has joined The Coalition to Grow Carbon Markets.

Adi Warsidi, Jakarta – A total of 91,962 people, or 24,426 families, across Aceh remain in evacuation centers following the devastating floods and landslides that struck at the end of N

Alfida Rizky Febrianna, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has ordered the revocation of business licenses held by 28 forestry, mining, and plantation companies found to have violated

Antara, Jakarta – The Forestry Ministry is auditing 24 forest utilization permits across Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra following deadly flash floods and landslides that struck t

Jakarta – The revocation of 28 company permits in Sumatra is the first step towards restoring the rights of the people and the environment in Sumatra.

Jakarta – The results of a Median survey show that the majority of respondents stated that human factors were the cause of the flash floods that hit a number of areas in Sumatra late la

Dayat, Jakarta – State-owned railway operator Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) revealed on Sunday that the company had lost Rp 3.5 billion (nearly $207,000) due to ticket cancellations from t

The flood and landslide disasters that hit Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra starting on November 25, 2025, killed 1,190 and left 141 people still missing as of January 17.

Yogi Eka Sahputra, Jakarta – The Mining Advocacy Network (Jatam) considers the disasters in Sumatra are the result of government policies that seem to legalize damage.

Aep Sopandi, Bandung – Indonesia's Ministry of Environment has filed civil lawsuits against six companies accused of causing environmental damage linked to severe flooding and landslide

Sahat Simatupang, Jakarta – Fifty days after the ecological disaster in Sumatra, recovery is not progressing significantly.

Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – Flooding and landslides have struck parts of Java amid persistent rainfall, with coastal areas bearing the brunt due to ongoing erosion, and conditions are for

Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – Indonesia will need nearly Rp 60 trillion ($3.55 billion) to rehabilitate damaged infrastructure and rebuild almost 239,000 homes following flash floods in Aceh,

Lisa Hiwasaki and Haekal A. Haridhi (The Conversation) – Weeks after Cyclone Senyar made landfall in northern Sumatra, the province of Aceh continues to struggle.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – More than a month after a hydrometeorological disaster swept across northern Sumatra in late November, children can be seen begging on the roadside in Aceh, car

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia has reclaimed more than 4 million hectares (9.9 million acres, about the size of Switzerland) of land nationwide that had been used for plantatio

Oyuk Ivani Siagian, Jakarta – Three people died when flooding struck Cilincing, North Jakarta.

Jakarta – A torrential downpour has caused flooding in large swaths of Greater Jakarta, leading to massive traffic snarls and commuting disruption early on Monday morning, according to

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) stated that several regions in Indonesia were hit by floods over the past two days.

Rhett Butler – It was 27 December 2004.

Jamal Abdun Nashr, Jakarta – Floods and landslides have struck Tempur Village in the Keling District of Central Java's Jepara Regency on late Friday, January 9, 2026, cutting off access

Jakarta – Law enforcement against companies contributing to the ecological disaster in Sumatra as of the end of 2025 has not been carried out in a comprehensive, participatory or optima

Alfitria Nefi Pratiwi, Jakarta – The Coordinating Minister for Food, Zulkifli Hasan, reported that about 30,000 hectares of fish ponds in Aceh were damaged due to Sumatra floods.

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – Indonesia's leading environmental organization, the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi), has rejected the government's plan to accelerate the construct

Intan Setiawanty, Jakarta – Indonesia's Forest Area Regulation Task Force has identified strong indications that 12 companies may have contributed to recent floods in Sumatra, allegedly

Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Police's Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) is still investigating several companies that could have contributed to the flash f

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has announced what it describes as a sweeping, science-based effort to reassess environmental governance, zoning and corporate ac

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Bogor, W – Java.

Jaya Takaliuang Bawole, Jakarta, Authorities in Siau Tagulandang Biaro (Sitaro) Islands Regency in North Sulawesi have declared a hydrometeorological disaster emergency following flash

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Best known as the home of the world's rarest great ape, the mountainous Batang Toru forest landscape on the island of Sumatra has become a test case for wh

Ahmad Baihaqi, Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Bogor – The Indonesian government is set to begin rolling out waste-to-energy projects across 34 cities and regencies grappling with severe wast

Antara, Jakarta – Raja Village in the Bendahara District of Aceh Tamiang was submerged again after a levee burst. Water overflowed and flooded local residential areas.

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto said that private companies are interested in buying mud left behind by the Sumatra disasters.

Sukarjito, Jakarta – Indonesia experienced a high level of seismic activity throughout 2025, with more than 43,000 earthquakes recorded across the archipelago, according to the Meteorol

Ahmad Novindri Aji Sukma – During the last weeks of 2025, Indonesia faced one of the deadliest environmental disasters in its recent history.

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – Efforts to combat climate change are often translated into everyday actions, such as reducing the use of private cars, conserving energy at home, or alter

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto spent New Year's Eve 2026 at a temporary shelter with residents affected by recent disasters in South Tapanuli Regenc

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto has expressed openness to public criticism, including regarding the government's handling of the recent disasters in

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has said the government is open to receiving public and private donations to support disaster response efforts in Sum

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has reiterated that the government is handling the floods and landslides that struck parts of Sumatra in November 202

Tempo, Jakarta – The Governor of Indonesia's West Java Province, Dedi Mulyadi, has imposed a ban on the establishment of new oil palm plantations and ordered the gradual replacement of

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) reported 13 more deaths from the Sumatra disasters.

Muktita Suhartono – The river rose as high as a coconut tree one November morning, depositing a 10-foot-high pile of logs that crushed almost every structure in the village of Sekumur o

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Addin Anugrah Siwi, South Tapanuli, North Sumatra – President Prabowo Subianto spent New Year's Eve in South Tapanuli Regency, one of the areas hardest hit by

M. Faiz Zaki, Jakarta – Main Director of PT PLN (Persero) Darmawan Prasodjo said that the electricity recovery in three regencies in Aceh remains low.

Isabel Esterman, Jakarta – Indonesia closed 2025 facing an uncomfortable reality: climate disasters are escalating while policy direction has remained largely unchanged during President