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Indonesia

In Just One Decade, Corporations Destroyed 50 Million Hectares of Forest—An Area the Size of Spain

Amazon basin

Hundreds Killed After Catastrophic Earthquake and Tsunami Strike Indonesia

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"At the moment, in our hospital, electricity is out all over Palu, roads are cracked, the phone network doesn't work. We are hoping for any help."

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Foreign Favors to Trump Business Empire Sharpen Focus on Ethics Violations

Julia Conley, staff writer

"The burden shouldn’t be on the public to find conflicts of interest, the...

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Documents Reveal Active U.S. Support of Indonesian Mass Killings in 1960s

Julia Conley, staff writer

While some describe the newly-released cables as showing the U.S. "stood by" as...

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A palm oil plantation in Indonesia

Corporate Giants' "Sustainable" Palm Oil Revealed as Sham

A boy went fishing in Palangkaraya, Indonesia, while the deadly haze blanketed the region last year. (Photo: Haris Sadikin/AFP/Getty Images)

Indonesia's Illegal Deforestation Fires Killed Over 100,000: Study

Indonesia's Deforestation-Fueled Wildfires May Be World's Worst Climate Crisis

Eight Men, Including Two of 'Bali 9,' Reportedly Executed in Indonesia

Jet Carrying 162 Passengers Goes Missing Over Java Sea

Palm Oil Development Fueling Demise of Biodiversity 'Crown Jewel': Report

Environmental Funding Bypasses Indigenous Communities

Newswire

Amnesty International - USA

Government Sows Fear Among LGBTI People in Indonesia by Boasting of Instagram User ‘Removal’

Greenpeace

100,300 Deaths from Indonesia’s Fires During 2015, New Study Estimates

Greenpeace

Greenpeace Calls On Indonesia’s Plantation Industry To Adopt Fire Action Plan

Oxfam International

Oxfam Reaction to EU Biofuels Debate by Energy Ministers

Friends of the Earth International

Biofuels Bubble Turns to Bust

Forest Peoples Programme

Forest Peoples Programme complaint against Golden Agri Resources upheld

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Stephen Kinzer

Saudi Arabia is Destabilizing the World

Hemantha Withanage, Sam Cossar-Gilbert

Three Ideas for a Fairer and Cleaner Asia

Celestino Gusmao

Time to End Impunity for Suharto’s Crimes in Indonesia and Timor-Leste

Dawn Bickett

Eight Ways People are Fighting for Forests this International Day of Forests

Chris Hedges

The American Empire: Murder Inc.

Robert Fisk

Why Is Indonesia Not in the Saudi-led Sunni Coalition Against Terror?

Thuy Anh

The Biggest Man-Made Environmental Disaster Preceding the Paris Climate Conference

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