JAKARTA — While most tropical countries experienced record-high deforestation rates in 2024, Indonesia’s forest loss is slowing, bucking a global trend. But beneath the headline figures lies a ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Enormous swathes of pristine forest are being cut down across Indonesia to supply the rapidly rising international demand for biomass material seen as critical to many ...

A man uses a machete to clear land to make way for a corn plantation in Polewali Mandar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Sunday, April 21, 2024. From trees felled in protected national parks to massive ...

Indonesia's plan to convert millions of hectares of forests for food and energy use is "environmentally illogical and destructive," and risks irreversible environmental and biodiversity loss, ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Enormous swathes of pristine forest are being cut down across Indonesia to supply the rapidly rising international demand for biomass material seen as critical to many ...

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has signed a presidential decree that bans logging of 64 million hectares of carbon-rich primary forests and peatlands and suspends the granting of new ...

JAKARTA, March 31 (Reuters) - Forest loss in Indonesia surged by 66% in 2025, hitting its highest rate in eight years as a result of weak environmental protections and an ambitious food and energy ...

‘There Is Zero Accountability’: India’s ‘Cockroaches’ Question Modi and a Broken System Where developers build Indonesia’s vast nickel-processing plants, surrounding forest disappears twice as fast: ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Enormous swathes of pristine forest are being cut down across Indonesia to supply the rapidly rising international demand for biomass material seen as critical to many countries' ...

The vast tropical forest nations of Brazil and Indonesia are both home to millions of people, including Indigenous communities. They store enormous amounts of carbon to protect our climate and are ...

A project in Indonesia's Tesso Nilo forest is helping to conserve the trees favoured by wild bees - helping both local people and the forest to survive. Jakarta, Indonesia - A project in Indonesia's ...

JAKARTA, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Time is ticking away for the last trees in Indonesia. Its primary forests will be eliminated in 5-10 years. Ninety percent of the mangrove forests of Northern Java are ...