Antara, Jakarta – The South Aceh Regency Government has declared a 14-day flood emergency response status following severe inundation across several areas in Trumon Tengah District.

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia held a peaceful action as President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka enter their second year in office.

Bernadette Christina and Soepriyadi Gunawan, Sanggau, West Kalimantan/Jakarta – Supendi, a 33-year-old palm fruit farmer, cooled his heels at a mill in Indonesia's West Kalimantan for f

Maretha Uli, Jakarta – Civil society groups have renewed concerns over the slow post-disaster response in earthquake-hit Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), as residents issue a le

The Namblong indigenous community in Jayapura Regency, Papua, should reconsider its plan to enter the carbon market in 2027.

Dewi Elvia Muthiariny, Jakarta – Recent satellite imagery from NASA reveals high concentrations of carbon monoxide (CO) gas spreading across several regions of Indonesia and surrounding

Usman Arief and Imam Salehudin (The Conversation) – Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, together with Ooredoo Group, Nokia and NVIDIA, plans to develop Zankore, an artificial intelligence infras

Bardjan, Jakarta – Flooding has inundated 18 villages across nine subdistricts in Aceh Tamiang, Aceh, Indonesia, forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate after heavy rain caused rivers

Oliver Holmes – Scientists working on an early warning system in earthquake-prone Indonesia have taken the spiritual path to designing a network of alarms that will reach even the remot

Antara, Jakarta – A joint Search and Rescue (SAR) team was deployed to rescue dozens of residents from floodwaters at two locations in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, on Saturday, Octo

Jakarta – Two new islands have emerged in waters surrounding Mount Anak Krakatau following a major eruption last month that grounded flights for days, the head of Indonesia's volcano mo

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) says that the expansion of data centres for AI could trigger water crises in various regions if the government continues to pr

Pribadi Wicaksono, Jakarta – Yogyakarta has experienced Indonesia's longest dry spell this season, reaching 131 consecutive days without rain.

Nagekeo – Sahria Lelu and her family were still living in a tent outside a mosque six weeks after a powerful earthquake that killed dozens in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), demonstrating the

Jakarta – Some 2,200 military personnel and civilian officials from 19 countries are taking part in a major disaster response exercise in Indonesia, the largest exercise under the ASEAN

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has formed a new institution, the National Peatland and Mangrove Management Agency (BPGMN).

Iman Rahman Cahyadi, Jakarta – A prolonged eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau earlier this month added an estimated 32.8 hectares of land to the volcanic island in the Sunda Strait, the Ge

Antara, Jakarta – A strong El Nino is driving widespread drought across Indonesia, with Bantul Regency in Yogyakarta recording the country's longest dry spell at 131 consecutive

Jakarta – Joint search and rescue team extended their search on Saturday for dozens of people still missing after the Virgo Transport 8 passenger ferry sank in the Java Sea last week, a

Indonesia, West Papua – The ice around Carstensz Peak in West Papua's central highlands has shrunk to roughly 16 hectares and could disappear entirely by late 2026 or early 2027, accord

Singgih Wiryono, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia (AII) Media Manager Haeril Halim has highlighted the 94 people who have died in refugee camps following the earthquake in East

Antara, Jakarta – Aceh Governor Muzakir Manaf urged residents and key stakeholders to remain vigilant of potential disasters during heavy rains, as floods and landslides have begun to s

Alfy Ifthikhar – More than 300 delegates from Indonesia and across the Asia-Pacific region gathered at The Westin Resort Nusa Dua in Bali on September 8 and 9, 2026 for the Indonesia Ca

Alfy Ifthikhar – Indonesia's Climate Change Management Bill, known as the RUU Pengendalian Perubahan Iklim (PPI), has been suspended at the harmonization stage in the House of Represent

Jayanty Nada Shofa & Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Jakarta – High maintenance costs and a shoestring budget have made Indonesia's fight against disasters more challenging, according to analys

Radhiyya Indra and Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – Simultaneous volcano eruptions and a string of other disasters have put the government's mitigation efforts under renewed scrutiny, as quest

Indah Handayani, Jakarta – Indonesia needs to strengthen its ability to keep businesses and critical economic networks running during disasters as the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau an

Hendro D Situmorang, Zhulfakar, Jakarta – Indonesia has threatened to remove the business permits of mask-hoarding sellers as parts of the country grapple with volcanic ash spewed by Mo

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia is allowing foreigners to get emergency stay permits and waiving overstay fees after eruptions at Mount Anak Krakatau fueled severe travel disruptions.

Agencies, Jakarta – Jakarta's main airport and three others extended their closure to 6 p.m.

Indonesia halted operations at five airports on Sunday, including its main international airport, suspending hundreds of flights, because of an ash cloud from the Anak Krakatau volcano.

Agencies, Jakarta – Transportation Ministry halted operations at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport outside Jakarta on Sunday after ash spewed from the Anak Krakatau volcano more

Sorong, Jubi – Residents of Baros village in Klasafet District, Sorong Regency, Southwest Papua Province, are struggling to access clean water after the flow of water from several wells

Muhammad Fahmi Nurcahyo – On 29 May 2006, an ecological disaster occurred in Porong, Sidoarjo, East Java, where a violent eruption of toxic sludge burst from a gas well drilling site op

Jayapura, Jubi – Conflict in Papua has increasingly shifted from separatist issues towards disputes over the environment and natural resources, according to researcher Adriana Elisabeth

Chandra Adi Nurwidya, Central Java – Mount Merapi in Indonesia's Central Java province released a pyroclastic flow on Saturday morning, sending hot volcanic material about 2 kilometers

Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – As urban air pollution continues to travel across Greater Jakarta, threatening public health and burdening the economy, authorities in the region are facing gr

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – The death toll from the earthquake in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), Indonesia, continues to rise.

Gembong Hanung and Markus Makur, Jakarta/East Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara – As thousands are still taking shelter in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), President Prabowo Subianto has faced pre

Kate Lamb – An 84-year-old woman has been discovered alive in the flattened remains of her home three days after a powerful earthquake hit eastern Indonesia, authorities have confirmed.

Manokwari, Jubi – Residents in Tomu district, Teluk Bintuni regency, Southwest Papua, have traditionally relied on rainwater to meet their daily needs.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – It had been 648 days since Nur Hidayati, an Indonesian environmental activist fondly known as Yaya or Mbak Yaya, died of cancer.

Albertus Pepi Kurniawan, Theressia Silalahi, Muhammad Aulia Rahman, East Nusa Tenggara – Residents displaced by the powerful earthquake that struck Indonesia's Flores region remained in

Agencies, Mbay/Ende, East Nusa Tenggara – Residents of villages in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) hit by a deadly earthquake that killed at least 54 people were awaiting aid on Monday as resc

Marchio Gorbiano, Ruteng, East Nusa Tenggara – Thousands of evacuees waited for help Sunday on Flores island in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) after a powerful earthquake killed 48 people, in

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has issued a critical assessment of the points made by President Prabowo Subianto in his 2026 State of the Nation address to t

Teguh Adi Prasetyo, Kupang, NTT – The death toll from a magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province early Saturday has risen to 14, with dozens of homes

Wamena, Jubi – Two districts in Nduga Regency, Papua Pegunungan province, have been hit by drought following a dry season that has persisted since April 2026, with conditions expected t

Surabaya, East Java/Kuala Lumpur – Dozens of schools were shuttered for a second day Tuesday to protect against the spreading haze from wildfires at the start of a long and intense dry

Wamena, Jubi – A prolonged drought that has affected Kuyawage District in Lanny Jaya Regency, Papua Highlands Province, since June 2026 is continuing, leaving residents facing a growing