Zainudin Kelsaba traversed across the eastern Seram highland and stopped at an ancient outcrop grown over by trees and scrub.
Environment
Indonesian president Joko Widodo sees building infrastructure as a key national priority. China’s lending filled a funding gap, but can Indonesia avoid a debt trap?
Marine and fisheries activists in Indonesia are ramping up their calls for the revocation of a new government regulation allowing the export of sea sand, saying the policy will benefit foreign interests more than local fishers and marine ecosystems.
Griffith Agribusiness’ most recent recruit, Dr Zannie Langford, is set to take the lead on a new project, exploring climate change resilience strategies for seaweed farmers in Indonesia.
Indonesia relies on coal-fired power for 62.5% of its electricity generation. This reliance comes with significant impacts on the country’s air quality and public health, as well as a major contribution to the growth in greenhouse gas emissions over the past decade. The coal phase-out and net-zero pathways currently being prepared are a major opportunity to clean up Indonesia’s power system.
More than 11,000 community firefighters across Indonesia are readying for a likely El Niño year, better prepared than ever before.
A robust domestic salt industry may be the recipe for Indonesia to cut its trade deficit with Australia, according to an expert.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo said strategic cooperation with Australia on electric vehicle batteries was a priority after talks on Tuesday with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese that focused on green economy and regional security.
Indonesia and Malaysia have cut deforestation by more than half in recent years, a new report shows.
Our Mother’s Land signifies renewed interest in environmental documentary in Indonesia and around the world, particularly since the intensified social and political debate about climate change in the 1990s.
Solo Mayor Gibran Rakabuming, eldest son of Indonesian President Joko Widodo, has just handed out 61 electric motorcycles to government workers in the Central Java city of Surakarta.
Indonesia, home to a third of the world’s rainforests, has seen its annual deforestation drop by 8.4%, its environment ministry said on Monday, attributing the fall to better control of fires and stricter.
As polluted Jakarta slowly sinks, Indonesia has started building Nusantara, a new cleaner, greener capital on the island of Borneo. But concerns are growing about the impact on wildlife.
The Indonesian government’s decision to revoke hundreds of logging, plantation and mining permits across the country is marred with irregularities including companies continuing to operate or engage in conflicts with Indigenous and local communities, according to a new report.
In the wake of COVID-19, Indonesia has the opportunity to shift away from a growth-oriented economic model towards an inclusive blue economy.
Indonesia sees the European Union as conducting “regulatory imperialism” with its new deforestation law, but both sides would still engage in talks on a free trade deal, an Indonesian minister said.
