Asia Indonesia 24.000 people have been evacuated on the island of Sumatra scourged by floods, with torrential rains causing rivers to overflow and flooding villages; environmental NGOs are pointing the finger at uncontrolled deforestation to make room for palm oil crops
Asia Indonesia Construction has begun on a new industrial zone on the island of Borneo, which officials said aims to use hydropower for plants that produce items including semiconductors, lithium-ion batteries, solar panels and aluminium products
Asia Indonesia Heavy rains over the past few days seem to be a cause of the eruption of Mount Semeru on the island of Java, which they could have triggered by eroding the hardened lava dome that acted as a cap
Asia Indonesia Indonesian energy company PT Pertamina is aiming to become a world-class sustainability-oriented energy player through the implementation of environmental, social and governance programmes
Asia Indonesia Cryptocurrency trading, growing in popularity in the world's largest majority-Muslim country, has been declared banned for Muslims by the National Council of Islamic Scholars
Asia 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
Asia Indonesia Dozens of Java leopards (Panthera pardus melas) have been found inhabiting Nusakambangan Island, as Cilacap Regional Conservation Resort chief Dedi Rusyanto said
Asia Indonesia 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
Asia Indonesia 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
Asia Indonesia 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
Asia Indonesia 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
Asia Indonesia 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
Asia Indonesia Aspiring female army cadets will be no longer subject to virginity tests, as declared by the chief of staff after years of activist battles