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Forests
Indonesia's forests are continuing to suffer from growing deforestation despite government pledges
Deforestation has ravaged Indonesia over the last twenty years, meaning the government has had to get tougher on illegal logging.
Indonesia
This Indonesian startup wages war on plastic with edible seaweed cups
Jakarta food and beverages retailer Ong Tek Tjan sells ice cream in cups his customers can eat afterwards, instead of throwing them away.
India
This is what China and India can teach the developing world
To fight inequality, Indonesia should learn from China and India in combating digital illiteracy.
Indonesia
Indonesian men are wearing mini-skirts to end violence against women
A male-led Indonesian campaign group is attempting to eliminate violence against women.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
Greenland’s ice sheets are disappearing faster than predicted - here’s why you should care
Here are three key reasons why melting in Greenland poses significant global economic risks.
Gender Parity
What the world can learn about gender from an Indonesian ethnic group
The Bugis, an Indonesian ethnic group, view gender on a spectrum - a sort of sliding scale.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
5 ways to restore Indonesia’s tropical peatlands
Five solutions on how to restore 2 million hectares of burnt and/or degraded peatland in Indonesia within five years, proposed by Nazir Foead.
Future of Economic Progress
Is Indonesia's economy on the rise?
Following a difficult 2015, the start of 2016 has been optimistic for Indonesia.
Gender Parity
Are emoji the new human rights frontier?
Human rights campaigners have expressed concern over Indonesia’s move to ban gay emoji.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
How can Indonesia extinguish its forest fires for good?
Davos 2016: In recent months, Indonesia has again come under the international spotlight for a problem that has dogged the country for more than two decades - haze resulting from uncontro...
Environment and Natural Resource Security
Why efforts to stop Indonesia’s haze fires may not work
This article is published in collaboration with Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org South Sumatra’s governor, Alex Noerdin, is adamant there will be a “significant reduction” next year i...
Environment and Natural Resource Security
How can we stop Indonesia’s forest fires?
This article is published in collaboration with Project Syndicate. Every year, forest fires ravage Indonesia, causing massive environmental, social, and economic devastation. This year’s...
Environment and Natural Resource Security
What is the cost of Indonesia’s haze fires?
Thousands of fires in forests and on degraded, treeless peatland in Indonesia in September and October have spread a blinding, sickening haze across the archipelago nation, as well as nei...
Indonesia
Is this the year’s worst environmental crisis?
Forest fires have cost the Indonesian economy $16bn this year – twice as much as the amount spent on rebuilding Aceh after the 2004 tsunami, according to the World Bank. Fires caused by t...
Indonesia
How can we make palm oil more sustainable?
Efforts to certify entire districts or provinces as producers of sustainable palm oil could be a game-changer in reducing deforestation, haze and other environmental problems in Southeast...