Hans Nicholas Jong is a Staff Writer at Mongabay. He focuses on climate change and environmental issues, covering topics such as energy policy, renewable energy, and the environmental impacts of mining and agriculture. His work has been featured in notable publications including Daily Climate, Environmental Health News, and Eco-Business.
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Hans Nicholas Jong's coverage primarily focuses on environmental issues in Indonesia, particularly deforestation, palm oil production, and indigenous rights. His articles often include government announcements and cite data to support his reporting.
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By: Hans Nicholas Jong
JAKARTA — A group of Indonesian citizens affected by the late-2025 Sumatra floods and landslides have filed a lawsuit with a court in Jakarta in an effort to hold the Indonesian government accountable for what they describe as an “ecological disaster.” The disasters claimed more than 1,200 lives and damaged more than 600,000 buildings across […]
By: Hans Nicholas Jong
JAKARTA — Indonesia’s oldest and largest environmental group, Walhi, has formally intervened in an environmental lawsuit filed by the government against a major logging company, arguing the government’s case fails to account for the full extent of ecological damage allegedly caused by the company’s operations. Walhi filed the intervention on May 20, 2026, in the […]
By: Hans Nicholas Jong
JAKARTA — Climate change has become a direct threat to the survival of the world’s rarest great ape, according to scientists, after landslides triggered by an unusually intense storm killed an estimated 58 critically endangered Tapanuli orangutans (Pongo tapanuliensis) in Indonesia’s Batang Toru ecosystem. The estimate comes from a new study published in Current Biology, […]
By: Hans Nicholas Jong
JAKARTA — Pulp and paper giant APRIL made recent changes that are concerning to environmental groups. These changes include suspending and reviewing its flagship sustainability policy, lowering its deforestation commitments, and sourcing wood from two companies responsible for some of Indonesia’s largest recent forest losses. The company, part of the Singapore-headquartered Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) […]
By: Hans Nicholas Jong
By: Hans Nicholas Jong
Recent blackouts in Sumatra and Java exposed vulnerabilities in Indonesia's electricity system, with PLN saying constrained coal supplies contributed to the Java outage.
By: Hans Nicholas Jong
Indonesia is developing a roadmap to recognize and protect Indigenous peoples' and local communities' (IPLCs) traditional knowledge in biodiversity conservation, aligning with its commitments to international frameworks.
By: Hans Nicholas Jong
JAKARTA — Indonesian lawmakers have called for a government fact-finding probe into a long-running conflict between an Indigenous community in Borneo and an industrial timber company linked to one of Indonesia’s largest recent deforestation cases. The call came at the end of a parliamentary hearing in Jakarta on June 30, where lawmakers said testimony presented […]
By: Hans Nicholas Jong
Indonesian lawmakers have called for a government fact-finding investigation into alleged human rights abuses linked to a long-running land conflict between the Dayak Kualan Indigenous community and timber company PT Mayawana Persada.
By: Hans Nicholas Jong
A new study finds that while large-scale development projects have accelerated forest loss in a key orangutan habitat in Indonesia, small-scale agriculture and logging now account for roughly 70% of direct habitat loss.
