Chinese demand for Indonesian wood pulp is propping up industry ostracised elsewhere over sustainability concerns.
Environment
When the Indonesian government announced its food estate program in 2020, it envisioned the establishment of large-scale agricultural plantations across the country.
Indonesia’s effort to address climate change aligns with ASEAN as seen from the green taxonomy standpoint, stated Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani in an official statement.
Mr Agus, who has been growing apples for two decades on the volcanic slopes of Sumbergondo village in East Java province’s Batu city, has good reason to worry.
Dr Jemma Purdey chats to Associate Professor Eka Permanasari, Associate Professor in the field of urban design, architecture and Southeast Asian Studies at Monash Indonesia.
When 27-year-old Fadlun Arrayan Bonde returned from university, she answered a call for women to help to patrol the neighbouring national park.
As one of the world’s fastest growing economies, Indonesia has committed to using its sustainable transition to drive green and inclusive growth.
The Indonesian government’s mangrove restoration plan faces a major hurdle, according to a new study: less than a third of the target area is actually viable for restoration.
Purity products are indeed developed with a different purpose from the usual business. Apart from the quality of the products, the philosophy of the developer and owner is also different.
Three women with machetes stood guard at their farm hilltop on Indonesia’s Wawonii Island, directing their blades towards the nickel miners working in the forest clearing below.
Now, a band of forest defenders, organized and led by women, is demonstrating that social forestry can stop this kind of destructive exploitation by engaging the communities whose lives are entwined with the health of the forest.
Encroachment by palm oil plantations is sharply reduced by a mix of government orders, consumer-product-company boycotts and environmental activism.
The Ministry of Environment and Forestry data shows that of the 18 million tons of waste generated in 2022, 3.4 million tons, or 18.24%, is plastic waste. This is a significant increase compared to the previous year, where plastic waste accounted for 18.13%.
Indonesia’s government has warned farmers and plantation companies to be on guard against fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan due to possible prolonged drier conditions across South-east Asia caused by the El Nino weather pattern.
The water crisis in Indonesia is a multifaceted problem that is caused by contaminated natural resources, climate change and population growth.
How should a climate-vulnerable coastal country heavily dependent on coal transition to a sustainable development path?
