Indonesia’s deforestation surged in 2025, rising 66% from the previous year, marking a sharp reversal after several years of ...

LUBOK PUSAKA, Indonesia — Jaharuddin, 50, sits deep in thought in his living room in Lubok Pusaka village, in Indonesia’s Aceh province, smoking a cigarette and staring out the door. On his porch, ...

Indonesia has some of the richest biological diversity of any nation on Earth; however, it is threatened with losing it to forest destruction. In reaction, more than 900 scientists from around the ...

JAKARTA, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Indonesia on Thursday said a proposed European Commission delay in the rollout of its anti-deforestation law was a good step but a more pressing issue was implementation ...

JAKARTA, June 20 (Reuters) - Indonesia's Awyu tribe of the Papua region has filed a case to the Supreme Court seeking to cancel permits for palm oil concessions on thousands of hectares of rainforest ...

Permits revoked, lawsuits filed, the threat of state takeovers. Deadly flooding in Indonesia has prompted unprecedented government action against companies accused of environmental destruction that ...

Indonesia experienced a 66% increase in forest loss in 2025, the highest rate in eight years, spurred by weak environmental protections and a drive for food and energy self-sufficiency. President ...

The two nations have lobbied against Brussels’ law, which would have increased scrutiny of their palm oil exports to European countries. Indonesia and Malaysia have welcomed the European Union’s ...

Environmentalists say that the flash floods and landslides in Sumatra have been worsened by years of logging linked to mining operations. In this photo released by Indonesia’s disaster management ...