Land Rights Crisis in Jambi PT Wirakarya Sakti Blockades Village Roads as Decades-Long Conflict with Sinarmas Group Intensifies

Turani stood at the edge of a deep excavation, her slight frame dwarfed by the massive arm of an excavator. A local street food vendor who makes her living selling…

Tanimbar Police Successfully Quell Inter-Village Clashes Sparked by Land Dispute and Property Destruction

The Kepulauan Tanimbar Resort Police (Polres) and its subordinate sector police (Polsek) units have successfully de-escalated and mediated a volatile inter-village confrontation between residents of Meyano Das and Kilmasa villages…

Wae Rebo Traditional Village Temporarily Closed to Tourists Due to Landslides

Manggarai Barat, East Nusa Tenggara – Wae Rebo, a famed traditional village nestled high in the mountains of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), Indonesia, has been temporarily closed to all tourist…

West Java DPRD Urges Accelerated Village Expansion to Optimize Village Fund Absorption and Enhance Community Welfare

BANDUNG – The West Java Provincial Regional House of Representatives (DPRD), through its Regional Regulation Formation Agency (Bapemperda), is actively advocating for regency and municipal governments to expedite the process…

From Darkness to Digital Prosperity The Solar Transformation of Muara Enggelam Floating Village

The transformation of Muara Enggelam, a remote floating village in the Muara Wis District of Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan, serves as a global benchmark for how decentralized renewable energy can…

Indonesian Village Energy Transition Stalls Amid Fossil Fuel Dependency and Regional Disparities According to New CELIOS-Greenpeace Report

The Center of Economic and Law Studies (CELIOS) and Greenpeace Indonesia have officially released the Village Energy Transition Readiness Index (ITED) 2026 report, revealing a concerning stagnation in the nation’s…

The Resilient Glow of Tepal Village Navigating the Challenges of Community-Based Micro-Hydro Power and the Promise of Hybrid Energy in Sumbawa

The heavy rain cascaded down the slopes of the Batu Lanteh mountains on a Tuesday night, March 10, 2026, causing a sudden and familiar darkness to envelop the remote settlement…

Water Crisis and Agricultural Decline in Wanga Village The Struggle of Sumba East Indigenous Farmers Against Industrial Expansion

The rice fields of Wanga Village, the largest agricultural expanse in the Umalulu District of East Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, are beginning to show a deceptive tint of green as…