Jon Afrizal, Jambi – The Jambi Forest and Peatland Fire Response Center (Pusdalkarlahut) announced Friday that forest and peatland fires had flared up again in the province.

Jakarta – The government is upbeat that Indonesian deforestation could be averted if international communities grant US$4 billion until 2012 to finance the livelihood of local people an

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Panca Nugraha, Central Lombok – Nearly 2,000 impoverished farmers living in Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, have recently begun improving their livelihoods while protecting natural

Jakarta – A group of movie stars, soap opera personalities and celebrities took a break from their busy agendas Monday to join Greenpeace to demand an end to logging activities in Indon

Jakarta – While a handful of oil palm plantations are raking in a fortune from their activities, many villagers are reeling at the loss of the source of much of their livelihoods.

Jakarta – The palm oil industry has sparked controversy over environmental issues, as well as concerns over security.

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru, Riau – The NGO Riau Forest Rescue Working Network (Jikalahari) is urging the central government to reform forestry policies and end land disputes to slow the p

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – The impact of the current dry season and deforestation in Kerinci Seblat National Park (TNKS) is believed to be forcing wild tigers to hunt cattle in nearby village

Alfian, Jakarta – The government is soon to issue a presidential regulation allowing mining companies to mine underground in protected forest areas, despite a recent report by the Supre

Environmental group Greenpeace on Wednesday called on Indonesia to drop plans to tackle global climate change with credits for preserving forests, saying the measure could destroy carbo

Oyos Saroso H.N, Lampung Barat – In the last few months six people have died after being attacked by Sumatran tigers while logging illegally inside a national park in Jambi.

Anita Rachman – In the heart of Sumatra, amid the forests, farmlands and rural villages, a disturbing turf war is raging between humans and animals for dwindling space and natural resou

Zakki Hakim – Indonesia has lifted a yearlong moratorium on the use of peatland forests by palm oil companies, a senior Agriculture Ministry official said Wednesday, angering environmen

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Cecilia Castilla, Pangkalan Bun – In the forests of Central Kalimantan Province, a small environmental group is using education to arm villagers against the devastating onslaught of pal

David Fogarty – Indonesia has delayed releasing complete regulations on using carbon credits to protect rainforests, preferring to fine-tune rules that could earn the country billions o

Robin McDowell, Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesia – Hoping to unravel the mysteries of human origin, anthropologist Louis Leakey sent three young women to Africa and Asia to study

Erwida Maulia,, Jakarta – Police came under fire Friday from lawmakers and activists for their decision to drop an investigation into 13 forestry companies accused of illegal logging ac

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Despite Rp 50 billion (US$4.17 million) allocated for disaster mitigation in Aceh this year, nearly the entire province remains at threat from natural an

Hyginus Hardoyo, Denpasar – Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono on Tuesday defended Indonesia's drive to expand oil palm plantations, despite a demand by environmentalists for a mora

Jakarta – Indonesia, which has been losing forests at a rapid pace in recent years, plans to plant 100 million trees across the country this year in an effort to limit deforestation, a

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Jakarta – Palm oil companies are clearing massive swathes of untouched forest in Indonesia's remote easternmost Papua region, environmental group Greenpeace said Friday.

Jakarta – Indonesia must do more to save pristine rainforests in Papua from destruction, particularly with plans to open up huge tracts of land to develop palm oil plantations, environm

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Greenpeace ship Esperanza and its crew of activists arrived in Jayapura on Monday, beginning a two-week campaign on forest protection that is focusing

Fadli and Jon Afrizal, Batam, Jambi – Coastal erosion is progressing at an alarming rate in Batam and Jambi as a result of widespread illegal logging of mangrove forests, the Maritime A

Blamed for pushing orangutans out of their habitat, palm oil companies are being urged to help conserve the endangered species in Kalimantan.

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Brian Rudman – We ban trawling off wide stretches of the coast to save rare dolphins.

Rizal Harahap and Suherdjoko, Pekanbaru, Semarang – Forest fires have broken out in several places in Riau and Central Java provinces over the past few weeks, as this year's dry season

The Papua NGOs Forum is calling on Indonesia's government to stop issuing permits for oil palm plantation in Papua province.

Jakarta – Greenomics Indonesia, an NGO conducting studies on the environment, says 60.42 percent of forestry companies in Papua and West Papua perform poorly on local community empowerm

Firman Hidayat, Samarinda – The elephants also entered villages and destroyed paddy fields.

Jakarta – Papuans have demanded a halt to all new forestry and plantations deals until the region's Special Autonomy Law protects indigenous rights with dedicated implementing regulatio

Jakarta – An Indonesian plan to build a highway through the forests of Papua risks opening the door to massive deforestation in the jungle-clad half-island, environment groups said Wedn

Singapore – Regional officials on Monday praised Indonesia's efforts to reduce a haze caused by forest fires which regularly choke Southeast Asia.

Syaipul Bakhori, Jambi – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) is predicting that forests in Sumatra will be gone within five years as a result of being exploited and changed

Jakarta – PT Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper (RAPP) paid at least Rp 6.4 billion (US$684,800) to exploit forests using illegal permits issued by Pelalawan Regent Tengku Azmun Jaafar, a cour

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Jakarta – Papua, a region called Dutch New Guinea in the colonial era, has been 'controlled' by 10 big plantation companies in the last two years.

Greenpeace says that without good governance, Indonesia's plans to utilise millions more hectares in its Papua region are unlikely to be sustainably managed.

Apriadi Gunawan and Rizal Harahap, Medan/Pekanbaru – Choking haze from forest fires in Riau and Jambi has blanketed North Sumatra for several days and threatens to spread to neighboring

Jakarta – The government of Indonesia, the world's largest palm oil producer, is now looking at its vast easternmost provinces in Papua to expand its palm oil plantations, a senior offi

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – The government called on developed nations to buy carbon credits from Indonesia, rather than push for a moratorium on forestry activities.

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – The Indonesian Environmental Forum's (Walhi) Riau branch urged the government Tuesday to revise numerous controversial industrial forest concessions issued co

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) questioned lawmakers Wowo Ibrahim of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and Syarfi Hutauruk of the Golkar Party on

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Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – The sudden reshuffle of Riau Police Chief Sutjiptadi, known for his anti-illegal logging stance, raises questions about the motives behind the replacement, an