Sacred Hills and Vanishing Rituals: The Struggle to Preserve Bangka Islands Last Natural Bastions Against Industrial Deforestation
The landscape of Bangka Island, an expanse of approximately 1.1 million hectares in the Indonesian archipelago, has been fundamentally altered by centuries of intensive resource extraction and the aggressive expansion…
Earth Day 2026 and the Ecological Crisis in Indonesia: A Call for Collective Action Amid Surging Deforestation and Biodiversity Loss
Every year on April 22, the international community pauses to observe Earth Day, a global movement dedicated to environmental protection and the promotion of sustainable living. For the 2026 observance,…
Indonesia’s Strategic Food and Energy Reserves Drive Alarming Surge in Legalized Deforestation and Displacement of Indigenous Communities
The annual celebration of Earth Day in Indonesia has increasingly become a hollow ceremony as the nation’s primary rainforests face an existential threat from an aggressive state-led push for economic…
Indonesian Deforestation Rates Surge by 66 Percent as State Projects and Industrial Concessions Drive Forest Loss Across the Archipelago
The Status of Deforestation in Indonesia 2025 report, recently published by the environmental organization Yayasan Auriga Nusantara, has revealed a staggering 66 percent increase in forest loss over the past…
Coastal Communities in Sikka Raise Alarm as Mangrove Deforestation for Illegal Shrimp Ponds Threatens Ecological Security
The coastal landscape of Kota Uneng in Maumere, Sikka Regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), is currently the site of a escalating environmental crisis that has left local residents in a…
South Kalimantan Environmental Crisis Massive Deforestation and Land Conversion Trigger Catastrophic Flooding Across Eleven Districts
South Kalimantan has faced a prolonged environmental emergency as catastrophic flooding ravaged the province from late 2025 into the early months of 2026, a disaster that civil society groups and…
Extensive Deforestation and Extreme Weather Trigger Catastrophic Flash Floods Across Aceh as Forest Cover Declines by Nearly 40,000 Hectares
The catastrophic flash floods and landslides that ravaged the province of Aceh on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, have left a trail of destruction that extends far beyond the immediate loss…












