Environmental activism remains a cottage industry for the youth who champion Earth’s cause in Indonesia.
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Indonesia is intensifying efforts to protect Sumatran tigers through community engagement and conservation partnerships.
In the ever evolving dialogue of environmentalism and how to make people more aware of the issue, Indonesia has approached the problem in a unique way.
The Bajau tribe of fishermen led a nomadic life at sea for generations, spending days and nights on boats with thatched roofs in the waters between Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.
The controversial policy of the outgoing Joko “Jokowi” Widodo government to grant coal mining concessions to Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) — Indonesia’s largest Islamic organization — is posing a serious threat to the country’s efforts in the fight against global warming.
Sea level rise and flooding, which exacerbate the spread of water- and vector-borne diseases; rising temperatures; worsening air quality; drought; food insecurity and impacts on livelihoods are amplifying health issues, with economic repercussions steadily more apparent.
Evidence of human occupation in southeast Indonesia 42,000 years ago sheds light on the route that ancient people took into the region including Australia.
In 1996, Bali-based Australian tour operator Nigel Mason and his Indonesian wife Yanie travelled to Way Kambas National Park, a state-run elephant sanctuary in south Sumatra, the biggest island in Indonesia, to acquire animals for an elephant park in Bali.
The world’s largest renewable energy and transmission project has received key approval from government officials. The Australia-Asia Power Link project will send Australian solar power to Singapore via 4,300 kilometer-long undersea cables.
Despite the industry’s expansion, the Indonesian seaweed industry continues to face numerous challenges in achieving sustainability.
Tropical forests teeming with life, coral reefs glistening with a thousand hues, and a tapestry of species unlike any other on earth have become the hallmarks of Indonesia.
More than 150 Sumatran tigers are estimated to inhabit Indonesia’s Kerinci Seblat National Park, an official said Sunday, according to Indonesian news agency Antara.
Indonesian conservationist Nyoman Sugiarto has been working for 16 years to preserve coral on the reefs of Bali, but the frequency of mass coral bleachings he says is now devastating.
A study has found that nearly half of land cleared in Indonesia is left idle for more than five years.
The ancient thanksgiving rituals of the Kasada have been part of the lives of Indonesia’s Tenggerese people for centuries. Today, the increasingly unpredictable weather has made seeking divine blessings even more vital for this farming Hindu community.
Indonesians are expected to generate around 600 tons of plastic waste from around 120 million plastic bags while distributing sacrificial meat during Eid al-Adha.
