Indonesia

One fifth of oil palm plantations in the country, the world's largest palm oil producer, operate illegally within forest areas that are off-limits to commercial farming, as a new Greenpeace report showed

Home to about a fifth of the world's mangrove forests, the country has gained more than 50.000 hectares of mangroves; the government is counting on the forestry sector to contribute to its carbon reduction targets

Environmentalists in the country have opened a museum exhibiting 10.000 plastic objects, all collected from rivers and beaches; located in East Java, it aims at urging people to rethink their habits and raise awareness on the global ocean plastic crisis

Papua, Indonesia's easternmost island and one of its most rural provinces, is making the most of the challenges of the pandemic to develop education technology, a field where the area is significantly behind

Although the country has been praised by 'green' groups for ambitious environmental and carbon-reduction plans, Indonesia is still the world's eighth-largest carbon emitter and the coal industry generated US$38 billion in the first half of 2021

Calls for prison reform are rising after a fire in Tangerang Penintentiarity killed 44 inmates this week; pressure groups ask for the government to take responsibility and address persisting overcrowding problems

Aspiring female army cadets will be no longer subject to virginity tests, as declared by the chief of staff after years of activist battles

With the onset of the dry season, efforts to protect the peat ecosystem in Sumatra have been reinforced, canals are blocked as part of the peat wetting infrastructure to maintain water levels

Faced with the catastrophic environmental, social and economic impact of using fire to clear land in the country, a new study has analyzed other options, seeking effective results also improving farmers' livelihoods

After the success in Pekambaru, the government is pushing to conduct mobile vaccinations in different areas of Jakarta to speed up the process in the capital and to reach more participants in areas with low coverage

Bali runs out of oxygen; the resort island along with Java and 15 other regions are under tight coronavirus restrictions and government is debating whether to extend or lift them

Telkomsel, a leading digital telecom company, has launched the Kuncie learning platform to strengthen the ecosystem of those resources that can invigorate creative talents in the country and maximize their potential