Ismira Lutfia & Arientha Primanita – The death of orangutans as a result of human encroachment into their habitats in Kalimantan amounts to nothing less than genocide, a group advoc

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Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Sidoarjo – Residents from affected villages in Sidoarjo, East Java, were hopeful that the government would honor its pledge to pay out the remaining financial comp

Nirmal Ghosh, Bangkok – With several weeks still left to go in Indonesia's dry season, the number of hot spots in Sumatra and Kalimantan so far this year has hit 17,000 – more than doub

Agus Maryono and Yuli Tri Suwarni, Banyumas/Bandung – The drought that has afflicted Central Java for the last three months has created domestic and irrigation water crises in several p

The dry season in Indonesia has triggered a massive water crisis on many islands, including Java, where thousands of people have been forced to use muddy water for consumption.

An animal rights group is urging the government to be more proactive in putting a halt to the illegal trade in orangutan skulls.

Tifa Asrianti – Nurhayati, 38, a resident of Sukamaju village in Majalaya, Bandung regency held up her right hand.

Dion Bisara – The government plans to increase the amount of relief funds next year to repair broken dams in Sidoarjo, East Java, to control a mudflow caused by the rupture of a gas dri

Guido Goulart, Dili – A powerful earthquake hit waters off East Timor on Tuesday, but officials said it was too deep to trigger a tsunami.

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Tifa Asrianti, Majalaya – Determined to clean up Java's heavily polluted rivers, environment activists have found that involving their local communities is the best way to attract the g

Padang – The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) detected 203 hot spots across Sumatra on Tuesday, an official said.

The House of Representatives says it plans to summon Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa to provide an explanation about environmental group Greenpeace's presence in Indonesia.

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Banyuwangi – Residents in Banyuwangi have opposed PT Indo Multi Niaga's (PT IMN) mining operation, which they accuse of damaging the environment.

Indonesian police carrying out an environmental crackdown in the main tin producing region of Bangka island, should stop targeting small-scale miners as it is hindering domestic smelter

Kupang – The Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) has urged East Nusa Tenggara Governor Frans Leburaya to revoke the operation permit for mining company PT Fathi Resources, which is b

Jakarta – Following Central Kalimantan Governor Agustin Teras Narang, green activists voiced on Sunday their rejection of the government's plan to build a 135-kilometer railway connecti

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The Betawi Brotherhood Forum continued to allege on Saturday that Greenpeace's presence in Indonesia violates the law, and was seeking to compel the environmental organization to report

A graphic video showing the last hours of a rare Sumatran tiger as it writhes in a trap in Indonesia exposes the gruesome toll of rampant rainforest clearing, Greenpeace activists said

An Indonesian lawmaker reiterated his position on Tuesday that Greenpeace should be expelled from the country if an investigation finds the environmental group is trying to "ruin our so

Once renowned for its pristine beaches, Untung Jawa Island, just an hour's boat ride from Jakarta, is now known as "trash island." With hundreds of tons of styrofoam, plastic and the oc

An Indonesian volcano has erupted, spewing rocks, lava and ash hundreds of metres into the air, an official says, three days after its alert status was raised to the highest level.

Jakarta – A group of environmental NGOs say they will ask the State Administrative Court in Jakarta to overturn the government's decision to permit PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara (NNT) to con

Bangka Belitung Governor Eko Maulana Ali insisted on Wednesday the construction of nuclear power plants in Bangka continue as part of efforts to meet the national electricity needs.

Jakarta – At least four out of Indonesia's 40 primate species are in danger of extinction, in large part because they are hunted for their meat, which is a traditional medicine, animal

Tom Allard – One of Australia's richest men, Clive Palmer, is buying nickel laterite ore for his Yabulu refinery from an Indonesian company that is defying a ban and mining in Raja Ampa

Tom Allard – About once a month, a ship from Townsville makes the long journey to Raja Ampat, a seascape of astonishing beauty and diversity.

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – Industrial and domestic waste originating from the outskirts of Bandarlampung are strongly believed to have polluted the coast of Lampung Bay.

The Environment Ministry signed a memorandum of understanding with the United States' Environmental Protection Agency on Monday aimed at strengthening environmental cooperation between

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Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Activists say that Indonesia's environment is at risk due to the government's failure to enforce reclamation and post-mining rehabilitation regulations o

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Fidelis E. Satriastanti – Mine operators across the country are failing to make amends for the environmental destruction that they wreak, according to a study released on Tuesday.

Peter Alford, Jakarta – It was a bleak anniversary for Muhammad Budi and Sarwi, marked as every other day for the past five years by Lusi's sulphurous white plume rising from the middle

Amir Tejo, Sidoarjo, East Java – Five years since a torrent of hot mud engulfed thousands of homes in Sidoarjo, East Java, villagers are still waiting for the damage payments promised t

Jakarta – Hundreds of mudflow victims in the East Java town of Sidoarjo staged rallies on Sunday as part of the 5th anniversary of the disaster and are demanding compensation.

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – City officials said on Thursday that they would stick to their threat to name and shame members of a banned sect who had not yet repented before the deadline

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Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, Padang – As many as 1,903 families displaced by a landslide following the 2009 earthquake in West Sumatra continue to wait for direction before they are relocated

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – East Java Governor Soekarwo said on Friday that Lapindo Brantas, blamed for triggering a devastating mudflow in Sidoarjo, could only resume drilling operations the

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Kupang – The East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) chapter of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) is asking the government to shut down all manganese mining in West Timor in a bid to he

Elisabeth Oktofani – When 80-year-old Madi has no money to buy food for him and his wife, he casts a net in the polluted waters of the East Flood Canal hoping to haul in fish.

The rate at which the Lapindo mudflow is spewing in East Java might have slowed, but there is still no telling exactly when it will cease, the Sidoarjo Mudflow Mitigation Agency said on

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – States should play a bigger role in the realization of people's rights to clean water by not only providing larger fund allocations for water but also co

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh - Officials have lambasted an Australian carbon broker for selling the marketing rights for carbon credits created through a forest conservation project to a Ca

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – A plan by Lapindo Brantas Inc.