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As plastic talks wrap up in Canada, fishers in Indonesia count the costs

PULAU SERIBU, Indonesia — Mustaghfirin unmoors his boat every day in the Thousand Islands archipelago, two hours’ sailing from the Jakarta coast, and sets off into a sea filled with garbage. “This plastic waste is extremely annoying,” Mustaghfirin told Mongabay Indonesia in April. “The motor we use to propel the boat is small, so it […]

Mongabay - Top Stories - 5 hours ago

Pro-business parties accused of holding back Indonesia's Indigenous rights bill

JAKARTA — Fear among Indonesia’s ruling class of losing control of natural resources to Indigenous people is why the country’s parliament continues to delay passing a long-awaited bill on Indigenous rights, according to activists. The bill was proposed in 2012 and has been placed on parliament’s list of national priority legislation every year since 2014, […]

Mongabay - Top Stories - 1 day ago

Korean-coached Indonesia fall short of direct Olympic football spot

Coached by Korean native Shin Tae-yong, Indonesia have just missed out on the final direct Asian berth in this year's Olympic men's football tournament.

Korea Times - Sports - 5 days ago

Wild orangutan in Indonesia appears to use medicinal plant to disinfect wound: 'Likely self-medication'

Researchers say an orangutan in Indonesia appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a plant. It's the latest example of an animal using natural remedies from the wild.

Fox News - Science - 5 days ago

Microsoft to invest $1.7B in expanding cloud, AI in Indonesia

Tech giant Microsoft will invest $1.7 billion over the next four years in expanding cloud services and artificial intelligence (AI) in Indonesia, including...

Daily Sabah - Technology - 8 days ago

From Chile to Indonesia: Turkish defense industry expands global footprint

Amid a diversification strategy and the significant strides Türkiye has made over the past two decades in developing its defense industry, several Turkish...

Daily Sabah - Business - 24 days ago

Indonesian activists face jail over FB posts flagging damage to marine park

JAKARTA — Greenpeace has condemned mounting legal actions taken by Indonesian authorities against four activists for protesting illegal shrimp farms damaging a marine park off the island of Java. The four activists from the environmental movement #SaveKarimunjawa have been accused of violating a controversial 2008 law on online speech over posts they made denouncing the […]

Mongabay - Environment - 1 month ago

Study: Indonesia's new capital city threatens stable proboscis monkey population

JAKARTA — The construction of Indonesia’s new capital city on the island of Borneo may destabilize the current stable population of endangered proboscis monkeys, a study has warned. President Joko Widodo in 2019 declared the establishment of an entirely new capital in East Kalimantan province, moving the seat of government away from the overcrowded and […]

Mongabay - Top Stories - 2 months ago

Indonesia's Marapi volcano eruption leaves 22 dead; one still missing

The death toll from Indonesia's Marapi volcano eruption jumped to 22 on Tuesday as rescuers found more climbers who had perished near the crater, the head of the West Sumatra rescue agency said on Tuesday, up from 13 earlier in the day.

Reuters - Top Stories - 5 months ago

In Borneo, the 'Power of Mama' fight Indonesia's wildfires with all-woman crew

Ely Marlina’s 2-year-old child began to cough as the wildfires enveloped Indonesia’s Ketapang district in the summer of 2019. The little one soon fell ill with an acute respiratory tract infection and was later diagnosed with pneumonia. A 20-minute drive away in a nearby village, Maimun, 43, endured an anxious fortnight as her mother lay […]

Mongabay - Environment - 5 months ago

To build its 'green' capital city, Indonesia runs a road through a biodiverse forest

BALIKPAPAN/JAKARTA — A clearing for the ramp to a new toll road in the Indonesian Bornean city of Balikpapan gapes open on the side of a paved highway as big trucks rumble past. Farther down this passage that’s been bulldozed through a forested area on the Balikpapan Bay coast, the sound of excavators grows louder. […]

Mongabay - Environment - 1 year ago