The vast tropical forest nations of Brazil and Indonesia are both home to millions of people, including Indigenous ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Forest and land fires in the area of Mount Rinjani, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, have been ...

One year into President Prabowo Subianto’s administration, environmental watchdogs warn of a deepening ecological crisis ...

Since it was first described by scientists in 2017, the Tapanuli orangutan, one of the world’s rarest great apes, was ...

A new proposal, Motion 28, to be tabled at the FSC General Assembly next week, threatens to seriously hinder progress.

Indonesia's push to add wood-burning to its energy mix and exports is driving deforestation, including in key habitats for endangered species such as orangutans, a report said Thursday. Bioenergy, ...

(Adds detail on timeline for moratorium) By Sunanda Creagh JAKARTA, May 31 (Reuters) - Indonesia will revoke existing forestry licences held by palm oil and timber firms to save natural forests under ...

Two major players in Indonesia’s paper and pulp industry have announced conservation and restoration campaigns just two days ...

LELILEF SAWAI, Indonesia (AP) — On a steep trek up to his forest farm on the Indonesian island of Halmahera, Librek Loha let out a cry of dismay. “Aduuuuh,” he said, his voice trailing off.

More than a decade ago, Indonesia and Norway made a landmark deal: Norway would pay Indonesia up to $1 billion to slash its planet-warming emissions by slowing deforestation. The pact had some success ...

Indonesia, because it's an archipelago, might not look like it has a lot of land area. But it's home to the third largest forest area of any country, and has half the tropical peatlands in the entire ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Clearing of forests in Indonesia to make way for oil palm plantations has decreased in recent years, a new analysis shows. It found that ...