Tag: Indonesia

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  Magnitude 8.6 Earthquake Struck Indonesia Last Night, No Tsunami

  Thankfully, there was no big tsunami this time. The region's tsunami defenses have been much improved after the 2004 tragedy, but they still can be very dangerous.

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  Sumatran Elephants Could Be Extinct Within 30 Years

  Over the next three decades, the human population is projected to reach 9 billion people. In that same time, Sumatran elephants, currently numbering around 2,500, are expected to reach zero.

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  Monkey Thought Extinct is Rediscovered in Indonesia

  In a surprise twist, researchers capture photographs of a species believed to have been lost to the ages.

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  U.S. Company Continues to Run World's Largest Gold Mine, Despite Environmental & Human Rights Abuses

  There's trouble in the world's largest gold mine and it's connected directly to a Phoenix-based mining company.

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  Asia Pulp & Paper Fires Back at Greenpeace After Losing High-Profile Customers

  "After losing several high profile customers in recent months due to the Greenpeace campaign, APP earlier this month fired back at Greenpeace in a press release that accused the activist group of making 'false allegations.'"

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  Humans Kill More Orangutans Than Previously Thought

  Over the last 50 years, orangutan populations have been in dramatic decline due to external factors like habitat fragmentation and poaching -- but a new study reveals the startling pervasiveness of their threat from humans.

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  On Bali, a Hotel Chain Focuses on Luxury Eco Resorts, With Stunning Results (Slideshow)

  On the Indonesian Island of Bali, one resort chain is making eco luxury its selling point.

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  WWF Responds to Global Witness' "Pandering to the Loggers" Report

  Global Witness released a report yesterday claiming that WWF's partnerships with logging companies, created to bring sustainability to the global timber industry, have instead had the opposite effect and facilitated illegal logging

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  Is WWF Selling Out Endangered Forests to Corporations?

  The World Wide Fund for Nature established the Global Forest and Trade Network 20 years ago to increase and ensure sustainability in the global timber trade. But it's doing almost the

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  In Remote Indonesia, Visit to Green Sea Turtle Hatchery Saves "Max" (Slideshow)

  This is Max, at about 12 hours old, windmilling his flippers in the air. He (or perhaps she) is one of 100 baby green sea turtles I helped release into the sea.

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  A Globe-Trotting Tour of Sustainable Design

  From the organizers of a prestigious annual competition in Australia to Balinese craftspeople selling their wares on the street, the world is full of people designing a

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  Cargill Sets Sustainable Goals for Palm Oil, But Are They Too Little, Too Late?

  Agribusiness giant Cargill has announced plans to offer only sustainably-certified palm oil by 2015 for certain countries, including the U.S., and by 2020 worldwide. On the surface, that sounds like a positive step forward,

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  Debate Over Plantations in Degraded Forests Bog Down Indonesia Anti-Deforestation Plans

  If you're following how Indonesia's plans to stop deforestation have essentially halted, The Investigative Fund has some good background:

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  Palm Oil Lobby Fights World Bank's Environmental Initiatives in Indonesia, Malaysia

  We know how destructive the palm oil industry in Indonesia and Malaysia, so it was great news when the World Bank announced that social and environmental safeguards would serve as guiding principles in its lending to the palm

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  Indonesia's Deforestation Halt, Halted

  If you included emissions from deforestation into national greenhouse gas emissions (which isn't always done, but probably should...) Indonesia is the world's third-highest emitter--India is if you don't take into account deforestation emissions. It

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  Is Consulting Firm McKinsey Using REDD to Accelerate Deforestation?

  We knew there were plenty of drawbacks to and imperfections in the REDD program, but a recent Greenpeace report points out one that was a little more unexpected, and unforgivable, than most. Greenpeace explains that many

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  Chinese Workers Struggle to Catch 'The Last Train Home' in World's Largest Human Migration

  Every year, 130 million people throng China's railway stations, frantically trying to obtain a seat on a train that will take them home for

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  Super-Elusive Leopard Filmed for the First Time Ever

  Just a few weeks back, researchers working in Indonesia identified a remarkable new species of cat -- the stunning Sundaland clouded leopard. But now, for the first time ever, the elusive animal has been caught on film -- a rare peek at