Tag: Indonesia

Officials say rice self-sufficiency arrived three years early, but food and biofuel projects already underway have not been explained

As profit-driven exploitation imperils Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, some unique conservation strategies are working to save it.

The government said the conversion will happen on lands that are designated as forest.

“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 is the world’s top palm oil producer and this product is their biggest export. The Indonesian government has just placed a...

A temporary moratorium that prohibits the issuance of new permits to clear primary and peat forests is set to be made permanent...

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.

"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."

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.

Hundreds of locals have reported health issues including difficulty breathing, nausea and vomiting from the smell of fuel and black smoke.