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Indonesia Revokes Permit for Chinese-Built Dam Threatening Ape Species

The Southeast Asian government announced it was canceling licenses for 28 projects it said had violated permits in provinces hit by flooding last year. It remains unclear whether the move is permanent or will be enforced.

By Nicholas Kusnetz

What looks like hundreds of logs and tree branches are piled up in the village near damaged homes.
People wade through floodwater in the aftermath of flash floods on Dec. 2 in Central Tapanuli, North Sumatra. Credit: Yt Hariono/AFP via Getty Images

Sumatra’s Deadly Floods May Have Pushed a Rare Ape Closer to the Brink of Extinction

By Nicholas Kusnetz

South and Southeast Asian Countries Are Getting Overwhelmed by Storms

By Kiley Price

A fisherman observes the coal-fired Suralaya Power Station in Banten Province, Indonesia, on Oct. 31, 2023. Credit: Ronald Siagian/AFP via Getty Images

China Helped Indonesia Build One of the World’s Biggest, Youngest Coal Fleets. It’s Still Growing.

Story by Nicholas Kusnetz, data analysis by Peter Aldhous

The Tapanuli orangutan is threatened by a Chinese-built hydroelectric dam in North Sumatra, Indonesia. Credit: Yayasan Ekosistem Lestari and Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme

The Chinese Dam Threatening the World’s Most Endangered Ape

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Sumean Gebe, from the O'Hongana Manyawa tribe, carries a Sulawesi bear cuscus after hunting on Aug. 19, 2024, in the dense forests of Halmahera, Indonesia.

A Nickel Rush Threatens Indonesia’s Last Nomadic Tribes and Its Forests, Fishermen and Farmers

Text and photos by Garry Lotulung

‘Amazon of the Seas’ Threatened by Oil and Gas Developments

By Teresa Tomassoni

The Cirata Floating Solar Power Plant in Jakarta consists of 340,000 solar panels and has a capacity of 192 megawatts. Credit: Anna McNulty/Inside Climate News

Awaiting Promised Support From the West, Indonesia Proceeds With Its Ambitious Energy Transition

By Anna McNulty

A man walks up to a palm oil factory operated by an Astra Agro Lestari subsidiary in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Credit: Seven10 Media/Friends of the Earth

Is This Palm Oil Company Operating on Protected Forestland?

By Jenaye Johnson

Aerial view showing smoke billowing from a patch of forest being cleared with fire in the surroundings of Boca do Acre in the Amazon basin in northwestern Brazil, on Aug. 24, 2019. Credit: Lula Sampaio/AFP via Getty Images

COP26 Presented Forests as a Climate Solution, But May Not Be Able to Keep Them Standing

By Bob Berwyn

Trees Fell Faster in the Years Since Companies and Governments Promised to Stop Cutting Them Down

By Georgina Gustin

A view of Lombok Island, Indonesia, with Mount Rinjani or Gunung Rinjani which is an active volcano.

Planning for a Climate Crisis Helped a Small Indonesian Island Battle Covid-19

By Bob Berwyn

Logging Road East Kalimantan

Indonesia Signs Deforestation Moratorium

By Olivia Rondonuwu, Reuters

Indonesia: Palm Oil Giant to End Deforestation

By Fiona Harvey, Guardian

$1bn Aid Plan to Cut Down Forests?

by John Vidal, Guardian

Icelandic Eruption a Reminder of Nature's Hazards

By Guest Writer

EU Fuel Rules Could Exacerbate the Palm Oil Problem

By Max Ajl

Indonesia Deporting 2 More Climate Activists, 2 Reporters

By Guest Writer

Reforestation Taking Root in Projects Around the World

By Leslie Berliant

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