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Environment

Myth, art and science

Indah Arsyad’s Balinese perspective

Esai: Raja-raja hutan

Cara manusia Sumatera menghormatinya harimau

Essay: Kings of the jungle

How Sumatrans honour the tiger, both mystical and real

Strong ties

Tradition helps Minangkabau protect the land from foreign investors

Gendered flames

There have been improvements in understandings about the importance of women’s roles in community-based environmental initiatives, but in the realm of fire governance there is still a long way to go

Menyeimbangkan resiko

Masyarakat di Kecamatan Mendawai memahami dampak dan bahaya kebakaran hutan, namun beberapa masih menggunakan api karena satu-satunya pilihan yang tersisa untuk menyambung hidup

Balancing the risks

The Mendawai people are aware of the risks forest fires bring, but some continue to use fire as a tool as it is the only affordable way they know to make a living

Carbon on fire

Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) promises private participation towards a net sink future, but not a fire-proof one

“Bermain” Api

‘Playing’ with fire

Indonesians call for climate action through music

Self-education and lived experience of the impacts of climate change, are driving a grassroots environmental movement

An EV-fix for mining

Nickel’s ‘green development’ boost to resource nationalism

Photo essay: Human-Nature connections

Indigenous Dayak Benawan in West Kalimantan

Towards an ecological civilisation for Indonesia

A Manifesto

Photo essay: Coastal life amid climate crisis

Tuna trouble

Thinking about an intangible crisis in North Seram

To protect and conserve

A women-led ranger team in Aceh

Social ecological democracy

Because experience cannot be delegated

Utopians for parliament

An interview with leaders of the Indonesian Green Party

Essay: Eco-socialist visions, how Indonesia could inspire Australia

In 1945, Indonesians astonished the world with a Revolution for social justice. Can they do it again in the 2020s with climate justice?

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