Facing the Super El Niño: Indonesia’s Frontline Communities Battle Devastating Fires Amid a Global Climate Crisis
Executive Overview As a potent Super El Niño tightens its grip across the Asia-Pacific region, Indonesia finds itself…
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Indonesia Restricts Access to Critical Geospatial Forest Data, Threatening Environmental Science and Public Oversight
Executive Overview Indonesia’s Ministry of Forestry has implemented sweeping new restrictions on access to critical geospatial data, igniting…
"There Could Be Local Extinction": The Fight to Protect Indonesia’s Orangutans as El Niño Fuels Devastating Fires
By Hans Nicholas Jong Published by Mongabay Conservation News Executive Overview A severe El Niño-driven wildfire season is…
Smoke on the Horizon: Indonesia’s Rubber Farmers Stand on the Frontline of an Intensifying El Niño Wildfire Crisis
Executive Overview The dry, brittle brush of South Sumatra’s rubber plantations crackled with an ominous urgency as flames…
Guardians of the Coral: How Indonesia’s Bajau Fishers Are Reviving Ancient Freediving to Save Their Seas
Executive Overview Off the sun-drenched coast of Poto Tano, a small fishing village on Indonesia’s Sumbawa Island, a…
Crisis in the Canopy: Indonesia’s Catastrophic Peat Fires and the Regional Haze Emergency
Executive Overview Across the vast tropical islands of Borneo and Sumatra, a climate-fueled humanitarian and environmental disaster is…
Smoke on the Frontier: Escalating Wildfires Threaten Indonesia’s New Capital of Nusantara
Executive Overview Indonesia’s ambitious endeavor to relocate its political heartland from the sinking, congested flood plains of Java…
The $8.45 Billion Pivot: How Chinese Capital Rescued Indonesia’s Flagship EV Battery Megaproject
Executive Overview When South Korean battery titan LG Energy Solution (LGES) formally aborted its participation in an $8.45…
Crisis in the Leuser Ecosystem: Illegal Gold Mining Defies Government Decrees in Indonesia’s Aceh Province
Executive Overview Weeks after regional government and law enforcement leaders in Indonesia’s semiautonomous province of Aceh issued a…
Marine Conservation Collides with Extractive Industry: The Battle for Indonesia’s Biodiverse Moramo Bay
By Investigative Environmental Desk Published in partnership with Mongabay Conservation News Executive Overview Nestled within the breathtaking expanse…
