Tag: Indonesia
Conservation innovations: How sustained resistance is saving one of the Earth’s...
As profit-driven exploitation imperils Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, some unique conservation strategies are working to save it.
Indonesia announces conversion of oil palm plantations into forests to combat...
The government said the conversion will happen on lands that are designated as forest.
Massive fire erupts at Indonesian oil refinery
“The cause of the fire is not known with certainty, but at the time of the incident, it was raining heavily accompanied by lightning.”
Indonesia forces supermarkets to remove ‘palm oil-free’ products
Indonesia is the world’s top palm oil producer and this product is their biggest export. The Indonesian government has just placed a...
Indonesian ban on clearing new swaths of forest to be made...
A temporary moratorium that prohibits the issuance of new permits to clear primary and peat forests is set to be made permanent...
Otter cafés and ‘cute pets craze’ fuel illegal trafficking in Japan...
A new documentary film has been released that shines a spotlight on the illegal trade in the Asian small-clawed otter, a species listed as vulnerable and in decline by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
8 world cities that could be underwater as oceans rise
"These global metropolises may look strong and stable, but it is a mirage. As sea levels rise, they are increasingly under threat and under water."
Tropical forests lost 40 football fields of tree cover per minute...
That amounts to 40 football fields worth of trees cut every minute of last year in a devastating blow to biodiversity and the global climate.
Deadly oil spill leaves Indonesian Bay ‘like a gas station’
Hundreds of locals have reported health issues including difficulty breathing, nausea and vomiting from the smell of fuel and black smoke.
Stepping forward to lead on Indigenous rights
Indigenous women will not sit idly by while their rights to their lands are violated—the lands that sustain them and are part of who they are as Indigenous Peoples.
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$380 million in funding cuts to one of the most successful public education programs
“Every day, there’s yet another abuse.” The wanton attack on public schools is one of America’s biggest tragedies.
DHS warehouse jail plan signals historic expansion of immigration detention
Documents and reporting reveal a sweeping plan to convert warehouses and deploy military contracting to rapidly expand immigration jails across the United States.
Trump delivers lunch to Beijing
China is taking advantage of the fact that even the most even-tempered of allies have had it with Trump and his tantrums.
EPA reapproves drift-prone pesticide dicamba
This decision will allow farmers in 34 states to use the herbicide on dicamba-tolerant soybeans and cotton, following a 2024 court ruling that had previously vacated its use.
Omar says ICE drawdown ‘not enough’ as thousands of agents remain deployed in Minnesota
After Trump border czar Tom Homan announced that 700 federal immigration agents would leave Minnesota, Rep. Ilhan Omar, civil rights groups, and national coalitions said the move leaves an ongoing occupation intact while killings, constitutional violations, and international human rights complaints remain unresolved.