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Study maps whale shark stranding hotspots in Indonesia, highlights conservation needs 18 Nov 2025 14:55:55 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/whale-shark-stranding-indonesia-marine-endangered-species/ | ||
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New pledge, old problems as Indonesia’s latest Indigenous forest promise draws skepticism 07 Nov 2025 11:46:57 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/new-pledge-old-problems-as-indonesias-latest-indigenous-forest-promise-draws-skepticism/ | ||
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Scientists call for stronger action to save Indonesia’s vanishing seagrass meadows 05 Nov 2025 14:24:33 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/seagrass-meadows-marine-conservation-indonesia-blue-carbon/ | ||
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Nickel mining threatens Raja Ampat ecosystems, communities & conservation: Report 16 Oct 2025 01:43:07 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/nickel-mining-threatens-raja-ampat-ecosystems-communities-conservation-report/ | ||
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Indonesia eyes seagrass zoning for blue carbon; experts urge community benefits 07 Oct 2025 08:39:58 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/indonesia-eyes-seagrass-zoning-for-blue-carbon-experts-urge-community-benefits/ | ||
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Just as Raja Ampat fetches UNESCO Biosphere Reserve title, nickel mining looms 02 Oct 2025 05:29:08 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/just-as-raja-ampat-fetches-unesco-biosphere-reserve-title-nickel-mining-looms/ | ||
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Study spotlights West Papua habitat as whale sharks face increased pressures 28 Sep 2025 06:07:44 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/study-spotlights-west-papua-habitat-as-whale-sharks-face-increased-pressures/ | ||
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Religion at a crossroads in Indonesia as Islamic groups bid to operate large-scale mines 25 Sep 2025 07:29:18 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/religion-at-a-crossroads-in-indonesia-as-islamic-groups-bid-to-operate-large-scale-mines/ | ||
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Indonesia reopens Raja Ampat nickel mine despite reef damage concerns 12 Sep 2025 11:04:29 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/indonesia-reopens-raja-ampat-nickel-mine-despite-reef-damage-concerns/ | ||
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Sharks didn’t rebound—so Mark Erdmann is putting them back 13 Jul 2025 12:42:07 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/07/sharks-didnt-rebound-so-mark-erdmann-is-putting-them-back/ | ||
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UN calls out Indonesia’s Merauke food estate for displacing Indigenous communities 24 Jun 2025 14:37:29 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/un-calls-out-indonesias-merauke-food-estate-for-displacing-indigenous-communities/ | ||
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No respite for Indonesia’s Raja Ampat as nickel companies sue to revive mines 13 Jun 2025 16:07:44 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/no-respite-for-indonesias-raja-ampat-as-nickel-companies-sue-to-revive-mines/ | ||
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Indonesia halts most nickel mining in Raja Ampat, but allows one controversial permit 10 Jun 2025 11:17:19 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/indonesia-halts-most-nickel-mining-in-raja-ampat-but-allows-one-controversial-permit/ | ||
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Pushback grows against nickel mining in Indonesian marine paradise of Raja Ampat 09 Jun 2025 16:57:23 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/pushback-grows-against-nickel-mining-in-indonesian-marine-paradise-of-raja-ampat/ | ||
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Military-backed plantation project in Indonesian Papua triggers rights concerns 30 Apr 2025 03:29:26 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/military-backed-plantation-project-in-indonesian-papua-triggers-rights-concerns/ | ||
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Indonesia’s peatlands face growing flood risks amid widespread degradation 07 Apr 2025 11:28:08 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/indonesias-peatlands-face-growing-flood-risks-amid-widespread-degradation/ | ||
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Indigenous communities in Indonesia demand halt to land-grabbing government projects 26 Mar 2025 05:37:07 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/indigenous-communities-in-indonesia-demand-halt-to-land-grabbing-government-projects/ | ||
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Indonesian court blocks palm oil expansion, but leaves Indigenous land rights in limbo 06 Mar 2025 03:50:21 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/indonesian-court-blocks-palm-oil-expansion-but-leaves-indigenous-land-rights-in-limbo/ | ||
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Indonesia signs agrarian reform commitment amid rising land equity woes 25 Feb 2025 04:24:28 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/02/indonesia-signs-agrarian-reform-commitment-amid-rising-land-equity-woes/ | ||
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Surge in legal land clearing pushes up Indonesia deforestation rate in 2024 07 Feb 2025 04:53:56 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2025/02/surge-in-legal-land-clearing-pushes-up-indonesia-deforestation-rate-in-2024/ | ||
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Indonesia risks carbon ‘backfire’ with massive deforestation for sugarcane 26 Dec 2024 04:40:34 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/indonesia-risks-carbon-backfire-with-massive-deforestation-for-sugarcane/ | ||
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Indonesia reforestation plan a smoke screen for agriculture project, critics say 17 Dec 2024 14:46:16 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/indonesia-reforestation-plan-a-smoke-screen-for-agriculture-project-critics-say/ | ||
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In a Noah’s Ark move, PNG migrants bring thousands of trees to safer ground 21 Nov 2024 17:25:18 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/in-a-noahs-ark-move-png-climate-migrants-bring-thousands-of-trees-to-safer-ground/ | ||
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Past failures can’t stop Indonesia from clearing forests, Indigenous lands for farms 03 Oct 2024 14:36:23 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/10/past-failures-cant-stop-indonesia-from-clearing-forests-indigenous-lands-for-farms/ | ||
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Cost-benefit analysis exposes ‘bogus’ promises of palm oil riches for Papuans 03 Oct 2024 03:08:12 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/10/cost-benefit-analysis-exposes-bogus-promises-of-palm-oil-riches-for-papuans-4/ | ||
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World’s biggest deforestation project gets underway in Papua for sugarcane 19 Sep 2024 16:57:55 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/worlds-biggest-deforestation-project-gets-underway-in-papua-for-sugarcane/ | ||
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Sugarcane megaproject poses latest threat to Papua’s forests, communities 19 Jun 2024 15:56:10 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/06/sugarcane-megaproject-poses-latest-threat-to-papuas-forests-communities/ | ||
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Conservationists upbeat as zebra shark reintroduction in Raja Ampat gathers pace 18 Jun 2024 17:22:48 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/06/conservationists-upbeat-as-zebra-shark-reintroduction-in-raja-ampat-gathers-pace/ | ||
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#AllEyesonPapua goes viral to highlight threat to Indigenous forests from palm oil 07 Jun 2024 10:02:53 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/06/alleyesonpapua-goes-viral-to-highlight-threat-to-indigenous-forests-from-palm-oil/ | ||
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Beyond deforestation, oil palm estates pose flood and water contamination risks 21 May 2024 10:58:57 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/beyond-deforestation-oil-palm-estates-pose-flood-and-water-contamination-risks/ | ||
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Rewilding program ships eggs around the world to restore Raja Ampat zebra sharks 08 Apr 2024 17:21:40 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/04/rewilding-program-ships-eggs-around-the-world-to-restore-raja-ampat-zebra-sharks/ | ||
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Palm oil deforestation makes comeback in Indonesia after decade-long slump 13 Feb 2024 07:33:18 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/02/palm-oil-deforestation-makes-comeback-in-indonesia-after-decade-long-slump/ | ||
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Indonesia invites Turkish investors to develop tuna farms in Papua 30 Jan 2024 09:41:01 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/indonesia-turkiye-tuna-investment-fish-farm-fisheries-japan/ | ||
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Indigenous groups rebuke court OK for palm oil company to raze Papua forests 07 Dec 2023 14:41:24 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/12/indigenous-groups-rebuke-court-ok-for-palm-oil-company-to-raze-papua-forests/ | ||
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Collaboration key to rediscovery of egg-laying mammal in Papua’s Cyclops Mountains 28 Nov 2023 14:43:57 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/attenborough-echidna-cyclops-mountains-papua-indonesia-collaboration-indigenous-species-rediscovery/ | ||
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Court ruling spares Papua forest from further clearing for palm oil 11 Sep 2023 16:04:51 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/court-ruling-spares-papua-forest-from-further-clearing-for-palm-oil/ | ||
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Indonesian fishers not biting at new policy perceived as undermining them 16 Aug 2023 16:00:53 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/indonesia-quota-based-fisheries-policy-fishing-artisanal-commercial-stocks-sustainable/ | ||
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Indonesian illegal shark and ray exports remain rampant amid poor monitoring 08 Aug 2023 08:31:58 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/indonesian-illegal-shark-and-ray-exports-remain-rampant-amid-poor-monitoring/ | ||
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Nearly 85% of Indonesian peatlands aren’t protected, study shows 06 Jul 2023 01:42:31 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/07/indonesia-peatlands-peat-carbon-protected-sumatra-kalimantan-borneo-papua-85-brg/ | ||
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In Indonesia, companies defy government’s decision to revoke their permits 12 Jun 2023 10:57:33 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/in-indonesia-companies-defy-governments-decision-to-revoke-their-permits/ | ||
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Report: Forest-razing biomass plant in Indonesia got millions in green funds 02 Jun 2023 01:14:13 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/report-forest-razing-biomass-plant-in-indonesia-got-millions-in-green-funds/ | ||
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In first for Indonesia, government recognizes Indigenous Papuans’ ancestral forests 01 Dec 2022 06:32:25 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/in-first-for-indonesia-government-recognizes-indigenous-papuans-ancestral-forests/ | ||
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Indonesian program pays fishers to collect plastic trash at sea 06 Oct 2022 10:57:41 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/10/indonesian-program-pays-fishers-to-collect-plastic-trash-at-sea/ | ||
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No permit? No problem for palm oil company still clearing forest in Papua 01 Aug 2022 09:25:18 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/08/no-permit-no-problem-for-palm-oil-company-still-clearing-forest-in-papua/ | ||
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Second Indonesian province moves to retake forests from palm oil companies 16 Jun 2022 14:57:24 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/06/second-indonesian-province-moves-to-retake-forests-from-palm-oil-companies/ | ||
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Ray care center: Indonesia’s Raja Ampat a key nursery for young reef mantas 09 Jun 2022 15:22:24 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/06/ray-care-center-indonesias-raja-ampat-a-key-nursery-for-young-reef-mantas/ | ||
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Legal defeats pile up for palm oil companies stripped of permits in Papua 31 May 2022 10:26:33 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/05/legal-defeats-pile-up-for-palm-oil-companies-stripped-of-permits-in-papua/ | ||
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A seagrass restoration project to preserve the past may also protect the future 03 May 2022 06:23:40 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/05/a-seagrass-restoration-project-to-preserve-the-past-may-also-protect-the-future/ | ||
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Plan to carve up Indonesian Papua rings alarm over fate of people and forests 18 Apr 2022 14:01:16 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/plan-to-carve-up-indonesian-papua-rings-alarm-over-fate-of-people-and-forests/ | ||
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Who owns the companies destroying rainforests in the heart of New Guinea? 13 Apr 2022 15:26:31 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/podcast/2022/04/podcast-who-owns-the-companies-destroying-rainforest-in-the-heart-of-new-guinea/ | ||
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Palm oil firm that cleared Papuan forest after losing its permit is still at it 05 Apr 2022 14:34:02 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/palm-oil-firm-that-cleared-papuan-forest-after-losing-its-permit-is-still-at-it/ | ||
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FSC-certified Moorim Paper linked to massive forest clearing in Indonesia’s Papua 28 Mar 2022 10:22:24 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/03/fsc-certified-moorim-paper-linked-to-massive-forest-clearing-in-indonesias-papua/ | ||
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Fate of Indonesian rainforest the size of Belgium hangs in the balance (commentary) 17 Mar 2022 14:15:56 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/03/fate-of-indonesian-rainforest-the-size-of-belgium-hangs-in-the-balance-commentary/ | ||
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Palm oil and pulpwood the usual suspects as Papua deforestation persists 04 Mar 2022 05:33:58 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/03/palm-oil-and-pulpwood-the-usual-suspects-as-papua-deforestation-persists/ | ||
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The Trans-Papua Highway could lose billions and deforest millions of hectares 02 Mar 2022 16:13:06 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/podcast/2022/03/podcast-the-trans-papua-highway-could-lose-billions-and-deforest-millions-of-hectares/ | ||
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Forest clearing for crop program in Papua may unleash massive emissions 02 Mar 2022 02:46:46 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/03/forest-clearing-for-crop-program-in-papua-may-unleash-massive-emissions/ | ||
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Palm oil firm hit by mass permit revocation still clearing forest in Indonesia 22 Feb 2022 09:35:46 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/02/palm-oil-firm-hit-by-mass-permit-revocation-still-clearing-forest-in-indonesia/ | ||
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Protecting New Guinea’s forests with birds-of-paradise and ecotourism 16 Feb 2022 18:11:49 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/podcast/2022/02/podcast-defending-new-guineas-forests-with-birds-of-paradise-and-ecotourism/ | ||
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Papua court ruling a win for local government, Indigenous groups against palm oil 13 Dec 2021 08:14:47 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2021/12/papua-court-ruling-a-win-for-local-government-indigenous-groups-against-palm-oil/ | ||
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UNESCO reiterates road project’s dangers to Papua park as Indonesia doubles down 09 Nov 2021 15:12:58 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2021/11/unesco-reiterates-road-projects-dangers-to-papua-park-as-indonesia-doubles-down/ | ||
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