Hans Nicholas Jong

JAKARTA — Consumers in the U.S. might be unknowingly exposed to palm oil products that come from deforestation, despite major consumer goods producers there adopting zero-deforestation pledges. That's because these companies, which include the makers of iconic foods like Snickers, Kit Kat and Nutella, don't account for the significant role that palm oil-based animal feed plays in their supply chains, according to a new report.

Motorcycle racing's biggest show, the MotoGP championship, is on the Indonesian island of Lombok this weekend, where top racers will battle it out on a track built on land taken by force from Indigenous Sasak communities.

The arrival of the palm oil industry in Indonesia's Papua region has wrought more than five times as much environmental and social damage than the benefits it has delivered, according to a new cost-benefit analysis.

JAKARTA — Indigenous Papuans say they've been caught off guard by helicopters flying over their villages and excavators tearing down their forests in their area, all while accompanied by the Indonesian military.

In Jakarta, an unidentified group disrupted, intimidated and behaved aggressively toward protesters in a Sept. 27 climate march, highlighting the increased challenges to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly in Indonesia.

JAKARTA — Indonesian prosecutors have launched an investigation into the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, as there are indications of corruption related to the palm oil industry. The attorney general’s office said the case relates to the management of oil palm plantations within forest areas from 2005-24. The suspected corruption case has resulted in loss […]

Indonesia's strategy for increasing renewable energy production could see Indigenous communities lose huge swathes of their forests to biomass plantations.

Indonesia’s push for biomass energy could lead to widespread deforestation in Borneo, threatening Indigenous communities who rely on the rainforest for their survival.Hans Nicholas Jong and Philip Jacobson report for Mongabay.In short:Biomass plantations are poised to clear significant portions of B...

Joko Widodo, Indonesia's president for the past decade, failed to make good on his promises to recognize and protect Indigenous people's rights, Indigenous rights groups says.

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is expected to issue a new standard for its member companies to abide by when it holds its annual general meeting next week.