Kalimantan

Mining law changes in decentralising Indonesia raises new challenges and opportunities for local communities

After reformasi, Kereng Pangi, Kalimantan became the site of a gold rush

Compromises must be made in the quest for indigeneity among the Dayak Meratus

Elections are fuelling the forest fires in Central Kalimantan

Trying to secure a government job, educated youth in Pontianak are rethinking the meaning of work and middle class success

More action is needed if Indonesia is to slow its current world record rate of forest loss

Forest conversion in Kalimantan is a local, national and global concern

Indonesian politicians want to raise their public profile but don’t want the criticism

Bali rockers Navicula find a platform for social change in online social media

Tarakan’s riots illustrate the risks of collusive public contracting and the continued weakness of local security responses

East Kalimantan was once timber country, now it’s coal that rules

Don’t ignore REDD’s impacts on communities!

Doctrinal borders that divide traditionalist and modernist Muslims in Banjarmasin are breaking down, but slowly

Corruption continues to shape the political landscape in Kutai Kartanegara, Indonesia’s richest district

In South Kalimantan local politicians target TV screens with strategically-placed messages for Ramadan

Direct local elections have led to new developments in the struggle for land rights in East Kalimantan

In contemporary Indonesia, Imlek is much more than a cultural celebration

Tourism campaigns in East Kalimantan fall short of provincial middle class aspirations

Burgeoning industrial areas in Java have eaten up Indonesian self-sufficiency in rice production. To compensate, an area of peat swamp in Kalimantan a third the size of the Netherlands is being converted to rice land. IRIP NEWS SERVICE investigates.