Regions

Officials in Papua and Riau want to prevent deforestation, but they need concrete action and resources from the national government, not just talk and instructions

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

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

Don’t ignore REDD’s impacts on communities!

Institutional reform and massive public participation are crucial to mitigate climate change

Indonesia has set ambitious emissions targets, but meeting them will require hard work

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

The big business of Indo celebrities creates illusory expectations but things may be changing

The Clean Development Mechanism has failed to deliver

Bioprospecting is threatening Bunaken National Park

Indonesia’s carbon stores spark international attention

Bali-based NGOs are an important part of Indonesia’s growing sustainable agriculture movement

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

Inside Indonesia revisits a series of articles from its archive on the theme of the death penalty. We asked the authors of these articles to write an update to accompany their pieces  

Dozens of Acehnese drug offenders face the death penalty in Malaysia

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

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

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

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