Indonesia’s deforestation is once again rising after several years of decline, with 2024 marking the highest rate since 2021.

Indonesia’s nickel ore lies in shallow deposits, easily accessible when the rainforest is cut down. The new analysis of rainforest loss, based on government data, shows deforestation rose from ...

Indonesia lost more than 26,000 sq km of primary and secondary forests last year, according to a new NGO report.

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Roads turned to murky brown rivers, homes were swept away by strong currents and bodies were pulled from mud during deadly flash floods and landslides after torrential rains ...

Indonesia’s president has drafted the military to lead the reclamation of illegally occupied forest areas throughout the ...

Fires that destroyed Indonesian rainforests pumped out more carbon dioxide than the blazes in the Amazon this year, according to the European Union's atmosphere observation program. The fires ...

Footage of a seemingly confused orangutan roaming the desolate site of an Indonesian coal mine, meters from excavators, has ...

Food scientist Marcello Giannuzzi asks an intriguing question. "What do Italy and the Indonesian rainforests have in common?" he says. "Gelato," he quickly answers himself with a smile.

Rafflesia tuan-mudae has large petals and blossomed in the Indonesian rainforest before dying after just a week. Local reports claim the flower is the first of a group of five of the flowers ...

They are also excellent swimmers. The Orang Rimba people live in the Sumatran rainforests of Indonesia. The Indonesian government does not recognise their right to the land that they live on.

Indonesia is an archipelago with the world's third-largest rainforest area, but is also one of the world's top 10 green house gas emitters. The first offer of carbon credit certificates for ...