Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – A joint team comprising the Environment and Forestry Ministry and Nunukan Police investigators apprehended three individuals in a case pertaining to illegal

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A new Indonesian government regulation that restricts the types of carbon-rich peat landscapes that must be protected has raised concerns among environmen

Pangkalan Kerinci – Five years since the Fire Free Village Program was initiated by Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper, or RAPP, a subsidiary of April Group, the number of forest fires in Ria

Jakarta – The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) through institutions such as the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police is expected to deploy thousands of officers

Jakarta – Several Indonesian regional authorities have been reminded to intensify monitoring for possible forest fires and drought, a report on Saturday (Jun 22) by the Antara news age

Panca Nugraha, Mataram – A vast area of savanna in Mount Rinjani National Park in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara has been engulfed by fire since Sunday evening, with authorities yet to dis

Jakarta – Indonesia asked the South Korean government to invite K-Pop stars to campaign for Indonesian forests in a bilateral meeting in Incheon, South Korea, a top official said in a

Ministers in the Government of President Joko Widodo are blocking efforts to reform the palm oil industry.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A massive series of seizures of timber from rare tree species has thrown into question the effectiveness of Indonesia's existing mechanisms to tackle ille

Jakarta – Eight EU representatives from Belgium, Spain, Finland, Ireland, Sweden, Hungary, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, and a representative from the Food and Agriculture Or

Singapore – The number of hotspots in restored peatlands in Indonesia has dropped by nearly 93 per cent since 2015, on the back of restoration efforts.

Jakarta – The European Union's plan to prohibit crude palm oil (CPO) as a raw material for biofuel will affect about 16 million people, including small oil palm plantations and laborer

Asip Hasani, Blitar, East Java – The Trenggalek Police in East Java have arrested a fellow officer for his alleged complicity in the theft of sonokeling (rosewood) logs on a state-owne

Bill Laurance and Penny van Oosterzee – This week, Indonesia will hold a presidential election that will make or break incumbent Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's chances of getting a second term

Bernadette Christina Munthe and Fransiska Nangoy, Jakarta – A senior Indonesian minister warned on Wednesday Southeast Asia's biggest economy could consider exiting the Paris climate d

Furious over the European Union's (EU) plans to phase out palm oil from transportation biofuel mix, Indonesia warned of pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement.

Jakarta – Indonesia, the world's largest palm oil producer, has certified a record amount of land under palm oil cultivation as employing environmentally sustainable methods, the Indon

Aditya L. Djono, Jakarta – Indonesia is adopting a tougher stance against the European Union's plan to phase out the use of palm oil in renewable transport fuel.

Riyan Novitra, Jakarta – Thick smog allegedly caused by land and forest fire in Riau province clouded high buildings in Pekanbaru city, Tuesday, March 26.

Jakarta – The total area lost to wildfires in Riau this year has increased to 2,719 hectares.

Jakarta – Forests play a bigger part in our lives than we realize.

Jakarta – North Jakarta has seen the growth of 32,000 trees since they were planted 10 years ago at the Ecomarine Mangrove Forest.

Jakarta – In response to Jakarta's objection to a European Union bill that would cap the use of palm-oil-based biofuels in the region, the bloc explained that the regulation was not me

Jakarta – The Environment and Forestry Ministry announced on Wednesday that five people, including three directors of different timber companies, had been named suspects in connection

Riyan Novitra (Contributor), Pekanbaru – The Terra and Aqua Satellite detected a 100 percent increase of Indonesian wildfire hotspots indicating land and forest fire in several areas o

Irsyan Hasyim (Contributor), Jakarta – The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) explained flash floods in Sentani, Jayapura were triggered by extreme downpours and forest damage.

Arya Dipa, Bandung, West Java – Amid tough global market challenges, the country's palm oil producers have to start expanding in the domestic market in order to boost absorption and st

Jakarta – The forest fire in Riau has expanded as haze spreads to more cities in the province.

South Sumatra – In a wooden shed perched on top of a hill in Musi Banyuasin, a district on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, a group of palm-oil farmers wax lyrical about their crop.

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho has lamented the theft of a forest and land fire early warning system in South Suma

Jakarta (Antara) – Land and forest fire in a number of regencies and city of Riau Province occurred since January continuously spread up to 1,136 hectares.

Jakarta (DPA) – The Indonesian military deployed an aircraft to create artificial rain on Monday (Feb 25) as thick smog caused by forest fires forced schools to close on Sumatra island

Yulia Savitri and Kharishar Kahfi, Palembang and Jakarta – The government has declared 16 provinces across the country as prone to forest and land fires ahead of the upcoming El Nino,

Carly Cassella – In 1997, Indonesia was devastated by a series of uncontrollable wildfires, now considered some of the worst in history.

Indonesian firms owe at least $1.3 billion in unpaid fines for environmental damage caused by widespread forest clearing and deadly fires linked to tens of thousands of premature death

Jakarta – While praised for its progressive efforts in preserving forests and stopping forest fires, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration still faces criticism for doing les

Ian Morse, Makassar – In the Indonesian city of Makassar, where the rainy season often brings floods, Hasriani didn't worry when a day-long downpour last month saw water rise to her kn

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – Research that calls into question claims that palm oil is environmentally damaging compared with other vegetable oils will boost the government's efforts to def

Jakarta – A palm oil task force of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has released the results of a study showing that palm oil production is the most efficient

Ayat S. Karokaro, Medan – Police have charged the brother of a top official in Sumatra with clearing a protected forest for a palm oil plantation.

Yuli Savitri, Palembang – The government has started research into developing peatlands as agricultural lands and conservation areas, following years of plantation companies and farmer

Gayatri Suroyo, Fransiska Nangoy, Jakarta – Indonesia intends to challenge an EU directive on renewable energy at the World Trade Organization, arguing the plan to curb the use of crop

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The rampant destruction of forests in the Leuser ecosystem, a major water source for Aceh, has led to frequent flooding in the province.

Jakarta – The Environment and Forestry Ministry is planning to issue 1,000 wood legality certificates this year to support the revival of the country's wood industry.

South Tangerang – In an attempt to promote environmentalism, South Tangerang Mayor Airin Rachmi Diany has recommended reviving the "one couple, one tree" program for all future brides

Jakarta – An ambitious scheme to replant about a fifth of the land under palm oil in Indonesia is running far behind schedule, marking a blow to efforts by the world's top producer to

Jakarta – Two West Jakarta fires destroyed 40 makeshift houses in Jelambar and dozens of others in Tambora, forcing hundreds of residents to flee their homes.

In a major victory for the environment, Indonesia's Supreme Court has upheld a lower court verdict ordering PT National Sago Prima (NSP), a sago plantation company, to pay IDR 1 trilli

Philip Jacobson – The Indonesian government must put an immediate halt to land clearing in the Tanah Merah project, a vast stretch of land in Papua earmarked to become the world's bigge

Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – A researcher from Yayasan Kehati (Biodiversity Foundation) has called on stakeholders in the country's palm oil business to listen to the aspirations of fore