Indonesia

How 6 fast-growing Asian countries consume plastic packaging

New report on China, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia

A good way to be kinder to elephants is to stop riding them

When animal tourism resumes in Bali after COVID-19, there is an opportunity to do better by the lives of animals

Indonesian seaweed farmers sue Thai company over oil spill

The oil spill caused seaweed to die which resulted in huge income losses, claim the farmers

Indonesian fire forces Singapore to shut school

Forest and peatland fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan deteriorates Singapore’s air pollution levels  

Talking green

Participants at an international conference on forest management discuss ways to curb logging

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Even protected forest areas are significant source of CO2 emission: study

Most of the carbon-emitting protected areas are located in Brazil and Indonesia

Crust falls apart

2004 megaquake fractured the Indo-Australian plate of Earth

Fired up about ozone

Tough measure

History in a sheet of sand

‘Attacks against land rights activists rising in India, Asia’

Special legislation and quick response systems needed to provide protection and support to these defenders, experts said at a meeting in Udaipur

This Indonesian organisation is going global by promoting food biodiversity

JAVARA is creating farm-entrepreneurs and helping them discover forgotten food biodiversity  

Jakarta scavengers moan loss of scrap trade

Indonesia is burdened, in more ways than one, by other nations treating it as a dumping ground for their wastes.

Return of the smog

Experts believe that the smog which enveloped Indonesia last year may return to aggravate the economic crisis that has engulfed the country

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In pictures: Indonesia’s Merapi volcano erupts, tourism pauses around region

Indonesia’s second most active volcano suddenly erupted on March 11, 2023, spewing hot lava and a column of hot clouds rising 100 metres into …

Indonesia’s mangroves one of the world’s best solutions to climate change

Findings bring Indonesia one step closer to climate change commitment

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Not kidding

Children in developing countries continue to suffer, claims UNICEF

Major seizure of sun bear parts in Indonesia

Thanks to X-ray monitor, 199 claws and 36 canines were recovered from a package at Balikpapan Airport, Borneo

South China Sea reefs face extinction due to overharvesting of Giant clams

With the Chinese government turning blind eye to illegal harvesting of clams, the South China Sea coral reefs are decimating at a rapid pace

Indonesia ratifies 12-year-old agreement on cross-border haze

Singapore and Malaysia have blamed Indonesian forest fires for hazardous smog and air pollution in the area.