With Prabowo winning the election, now is the time to enshrine Indigenous rights, write Michelin Sallata and Roberto Duma Buladja.
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Indonesia struggles to protect Banggai cardinalfish
The aquarium trade devastated wild populations. Conservation and restoration is now on the agenda, but management and data gaps remain.
Women’s double burden due to air pollution in Marunda flats
Detty Revolyatuti (63) still feels pain in the middle of her stomach. It has been four months since she underwent surgery at a hospital in North Jakarta. This woman, born in Banjarmasin, was diagnosed with an umbilical hernia in July 2022. This condition occurs when part of the intestine protrudes through a hole in the […]
Managing household waste with eco-enzyme
The Nagari Talang Babungo community in Solok Regency, West Sumatra, is learning to manage household waste with eco-enzymes.
Indonesian farmers’ song of drought and despair
Prolonged drought has cast a harrowing spell on farmers in Central Java’s highland who have been building a reputation for coffee produce.
Watching rare endemic fauna of North Maluku at Pulo Tareba
Pulo Tareba ecotourism focuses on nature conservation and preventing the hunting of endemic fauna.
The dangers of building giant sea walls in the waters of Java Island
The giant sea wall is a false solution to the climate crisis and accelerates the ecological degradation of the land and waters of Java Island.
Calls grow for stricter law on wildlife trafficking in Indonesia
With protected animals widely available to buy online, some lawmakers want the wildlife conservation law urgently revised
Climate crisis to cause mass bleaching of Indonesian coral areas by 2044
Annual bleaching will occur in 160 marine protected areas, affecting coastal communities. That’s 60% of the country’s population.
Coastal communities restore coral ecosystems amidst ocean warming
Mass coral bleaching in GIli Matra in 1998, 2010 and 2016 spawned several conservation efforts. Now they are racing against time.