Officials in Indonesia have begun cloud seeding as they try to prevent further rain and flash flooding after a deluge hit the country’s Sumatra Island over the weekend and left at least 67 people dead and another 20 missing.
Environment
The largest case of deforestation for industrial palm oil in Indonesia is happening within a concession on a tiny island off the coast of southern Borneo, according to satellite analysis by technology consultancy TheTreeMap.
The Indonesian government is resuming a controversial policy of exporting lobster larvae — the latest chapter in an eight-year saga that began over concerns for wild lobster stocks and led to a fisheries minister being jailed for corruption.
It’s just after sunrise and shrimp farmer Andriyono is perched on a thin bamboo walkway over one of his 16 ponds on the southern coast of Central Java.
When Mount Ruang in Indonesia underwent multiple explosive eruptions last week, volcanic gases were flung so high they reached the atmosphere’s second layer, tens of thousands of feet above ground.
What is the significance of climate data at the grassroots level, such as in villages in Indonesia? This is what a group of researchers from Indonesia and Australia are currently investigating.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo welcomed former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, focusing on strategic initiatives for renewable energy and digital transformation in Indonesia.
Indonesia has sped up preparations for the 10th World Water Forum (WWF) scheduled for May 18–25 in Bali, according to Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan.
Social media stars are downplaying fears of deforestation and boredom in Nusantara.
There has been rising awareness among the young generation of scientists in Indonesia of the need to advocate for the use of sciences in responding to upcoming and current multidimensional crises.
Two decades ago, the Wawowae community in Flores, a picturesque island of mountains, forests and lakes in Indonesia, made a solemn vow.
Indonesia, the world’s fourth largest country by population, has the biggest rainforests after Brazil and the Congo Basin. But it has cleared huge areas in the past 20 years to produce palm oil which is used in biscuits, chocolate, candles, cosmetics and instant soups.
A new Javan rhinoceros calf has been spotted at an Indonesian national park, giving hope for the conservation of one of the world’s most endangered mammals.
As Indonesia grapples with the effects of climate change, trans women surviving as sex workers or buskers seek to adapt and inform.
Roads turned to murky brown rivers, homes were swept away by strong currents and bodies were pulled from mud during deadly flash floods and landslides after torrential rains hit West Sumatra in early March, marking one of the latest deadly natural disasters in Indonesia.
The global energy transition is disrupting old industries needing to decarbonise. Meanwhile, resource-rich countries stand to benefit from the rush for ‘energy-transition minerals’.
