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Ocean and maritime

A reflection on Wakatobi’s decade-long status as biosphere reserve

October 6, 2021October 8, 2021

Food

Charles Toto: The forest is a cashless market for Papuans

October 4, 2021October 12, 2021

Biodiversity

Hydroelectric project in Sumatra risks extinction of world’s rarest orangutan

October 1, 2021September 30, 2021

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Energy

In coal-hungry Indonesia, dirty fuels are made ‘renewable’

Indonesia targets zero carbon emissions by 2060 but the country is still heavily dependent on dirty energy, and policies are not friendly to the development of renewable energy.

September 14, 2021September 16, 2021

Forests

Communities in Tidore Islands rely on mangroves for remedies

Besides having ecological benefits, mangroves are also used for medicinal purposes and the Tidore Islands community, have been reaping benefit from the plant for generations.

September 14, 2021September 30, 2021

Sustainability

Mobile app expected to draw interest in mangrove conservation

Ecotourism in West Kalimantan introduces an application for the adoption of mangrove trees. The community can support and monitor conservation efforts.

September 8, 2021October 12, 2021

Java

Indonesia’s highest dam sidelines villagers and environment in Purworejo

Farmers in the Central Java district of Purworejo have so far been able to save to build their homes, buy vehicles, and put their children to school, from farming. But the construction of the Benar Dam, freeing some 600 hectares of land, threatens their livelihood.

September 3, 2021September 15, 2021

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Featured photos

Platforms high in a strangler fig in Petungkriyono give tourists a view of the rainforest canopy.

Hartatik / Suaramerdeka.com

A farmer picking coffee on a forest land belonging to Perhutani in Sokokembang Hamlet.

Hartatik / Suaramerdeka.com

A resident of Sokokembang Hamlet shows good quality red coffee cherries picked from the forest to be processed for sale as ‘Gibbon Coffee’.

Hartatik / Suaramerdeka.com

Mbah Domiri makes ginger palm sugar from the juice of a type of palm tree that thrives in Petungkrioyono Forest.

Hartatik / Suaramerdeka.com

Fishing boats in Terate, Kramatwatu, Bojonegara, Serang, Banten are not operational due to the murky sea water, Friday 30 April 2021.

Abdus Somad / Jaring.id

Roberto Bagio Sagari, a participant is presenting his video made during the practice at the training.

Silvia Widiana Salaisek / Yayasan Citra Mandiri Mentawai

Sejumlah pemulung memilah sampah plastik di Tempat Pembuangan Akhir (TPA) Rawa Kucing, Kota Tangerang, Banten.

Hamparan lahan bekas konsesi PT Bina Lestari Khatulistiwa Sejahtera (BLKS). Pembukaan dan penelantaran lahan tersebut membuat area gambut dan hutan terdegradasi.

Warga memanen kelapa sawit peninggalan PT Bina Lestari Khatulistiwa Sejahtera (BLKS) di Desa Kalibandung, Kecamatan Sungairaya, Kabupaten Kubu Raya, Kalimantan Barat. Mereka mengolah sekitar 4 hektare lahan kelapa sawit sejak tahun 2018.