Yudhoyono Presidency

Climate justice

Climate justice

Climate change is compounding the environmental and social justice problems confronted by marginalised communities: a multi-faceted movement is needed in response
Selling the wind

Selling the wind

Aceh experiments with a major REDD project, but without involving local people
Community engagement

Community engagement

Don’t ignore REDD’s impacts on communities!
Using Indonesian forests

Using Indonesian forests

Institutional reform and massive public participation are crucial to mitigate climate change
Reaching for the sky?

Reaching for the sky?

Indonesia has set ambitious emissions targets, but meeting them will require hard work
Holding up the sky

Holding up the sky

Indonesia has set ambitious targets to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions that will require major changes in how forests and agricultural lands are managed
Climate change and Indonesia

Climate change and Indonesia

Indonesia can make the transition from climate change villain to global hero, but empowering the poor will be a key to effective action
In search of sustainable farming

In search of sustainable farming

Bali-based NGOs are an important part of Indonesia’s growing sustainable agriculture movement
Who owns the carbon?

Who owns the carbon?

Indonesia’s carbon stores spark international attention
Front stage with the PKS

Front stage with the PKS

At its upmarket congress, Indonesia’s biggest Islamic party tried but failed to convince it has become an open and inclusive party
On death row

On death row

Dozens of Acehnese drug offenders face the death penalty in Malaysia
Praying across borders

Praying across borders

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

Playing with the past

Critics say it’s just a fad but some young upper middle-class Indonesians are rediscovering forgotten histories
Supporting syariah, advancing women

Supporting syariah, advancing women

The life and work of an Islamic teacher in Aceh shows that the struggle for gender equality is about much more than syariah.
Art for Allah’s sake

Art for Allah’s sake

A unique pesantren, founded and led by an internationally recognised Indonesian calligrapher, attracts men and women from all over the archipelago
The spirit of Sudirman

The spirit of Sudirman

A mural competition in Yogyakarta sees Indonesians reinterpreting their revolutionary past in the light of present concerns
Transcending personality politics

Transcending personality politics

The election of Anas Urbaningrum suggests Partai Demokrat can survive without its founder, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Theatre of life

Theatre of life

A new generation of Indonesian theatre activists is staging performances based on the everyday experiences of local communities
Resistance through memory

Resistance through memory

The victims of the Lapindo mudflow disaster continue to assert their rights to compensation

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