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 ...

While land clearing for plantations in Indonesia has been blamed for causing haze, deforestation’s role in fuelling floods ...

Environmental group Akar Bhumi Indonesia reports that 20 hectares of the Tanjung Kasam protected forest in Batam have been ...

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Conventional land clearing methods often come with drawbacks. Heavy excavation equipment can compact and scar soil, repeated passes may disrupt understory and root networks, controlled burns produce ...

The Iban community in West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, says it believes large strangler fig trees are inhabited by dangerous spirits, leading community members to protect these trees from harm ...

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma announced the clearing of 1,732.5 acres of reserve forest land in Hojai district from encroachments. The government has reclaimed over 47,850 acres since 2021, emphasizing ...

Most tropical countries are experiencing record-high deforestation rates, but in Indonesia, forest loss is slowing. But nearly half of the forest cleared in 2024 can’t be linked to an identifiable ...