Following the signing of an agreement between Norway and Indonesia implementing the UN’s reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation plus (REDD+) program, the Indonesian government is seriously considering an…

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s (SBY) demand that a Thai oil-rig operator be held responsible for last year’s massive oil spill in Timor Sea has similarities to President Barack Obama’s skirmish…

The increase in the base price of electricity (TDL) that starts this month reminds us yet again of the big challenges Indonesia faces when it comes to meeting the country’s…

The old villager dispensed with the usual introductory formalities and niceties that normally kick off meetings between locals, government officials, NGOs and private companies, when addressing the crowd at the…

An agreement signed by the Norwegian and Indonesian governments in Oslo in late May presents the country with big opportunities — as well as challenges — to implement the UN’s…

All environmental NGOs in Borneo have long been concerned about deforestation shrinking the orangutan population of the island.

Nestlé’s recent announcement to stop buying palm oil from Indonesia’s Sinar Mas group represents a clear victory for Greenpeace.

The President’s September 2009 announcement the country would cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has placed Indonesia in the limelight.

In 2007, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono set an ambitious course to build a national network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), calling for the protection of 10 million hectares of marine…