Rare Twin Orangutan Rescue in East Kalimantan Highlights Urgent Need for Habitat Connectivity and Wildlife Corridor Protection

In a significant but sobering event for global biodiversity conservation, a female Bornean orangutan and her rare twin infants were successfully rescued and translocated from a severely fragmented forest patch…

Stalled Agrarian Reform in Indonesia: Navigating Colonial Legacies, Structural Poverty, and the Urgent Need for Policy Harmonization

Indonesia’s ambitious agenda for agrarian reform remains a distant aspiration as conflicting interpretations among ministries, government agencies, and the House of Representatives (DPR) continue to stifle effective implementation on the…

Rising Forest and Land Fires in North Kalimantan Signal Urgent Need for Improved Forest Governance and Industrial Oversight

The escalation of forest and land fires, locally known as karhutla, has begun to manifest across several strategic regions in Indonesia, with North Kalimantan emerging as a significant focal point…