Pollution

Buried under the weight of a recycling crisis
When paper waste imports started began 20 years ago most Bangun residents sold their farms to work as waste collectors for paper mills. Now many are dependent on waste sorting
The waste emergency
Government, producers and the public must all cooperate to tackle Indonesia’s waste problems
Schools were closed for over a month due to the forest fires - Ardiles Rante/Greenpeace
Elections are fuelling the forest fires in Central Kalimantan
Air crashes, riots, smog, and a currency crisis dented tourist arrivals in 1997. But, says ANNA KARIN EKLÖF, newly rich Asian tourists will save the industry in the long term.
Popular protest closes a huge paper and pulp mill in Sumatra, but others go on polluting
Environmental groups protest a power plant at Lovina
Review: Both books illustrate the way the Suharto family exploited Indonesia