Sand rafts - a photo essay Along the Opak River in Pundong, near Bantul, Yogyakarta, locals trade their sweat for a pile of sand. Read more
Singapore, not sawit Tourism campaigns in East Kalimantan fall short of provincial middle class aspirations. Read more
Eco-tourism for whom? Bunaken National Marine Park is promoted as an ideal mix of tourism and conservation, but not all local people agree. Read more
Postcards from a wasteland Despite being a scene of destruction and heartache, there is a strange beauty in the new landscape created in the wake of the Sidoarjo mud disaster. Read more
Un-natural disaster An unstoppable flow of mud from an explosion in a gas well in Sidoarjo, East Java, has unleashed a plethora of political issues. Read more
Bali's climate conference Rich countries should pay big bucks to reduce emissions in the developing world Read more
Politics and peat: The One million hectare sawah project Burgeoning industrial areas in Java have eaten up Indonesian self-sufficiency in rice production. To compensate, an area of peat swamp in Kalimantan a third the size of the Netherlands is being converted to rice land. IRIP NEWS SERVICE investigates. Read more
Ecotourism: can it save the orangutans? RACHEL DREWRY investigates ecotourism as a conservation tool. Read more
Spread the word MELODY KEMP discovers some quiet achievers in environmental education -- who accept no foreign aid. Read more
Dayak anger ignored MICHAEL DOVE traces Dayak unhappiness to inequities in state development. Read more
Smoking gun The fires were no natural disaster, says JOKO WALUYO. The smoking gun is in the hands of plantation companies. Read more
Taking on the timber tycoons It's lonely in the Forestry Minister's office, says GERRY VAN KLINKEN. Read more
Sun, sand and smoke 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. Read more
Volunteers rescue reefs HELEN LANDYMORE found herself surveying rare birds and fish in stunning locations when she joined an Operation Wallacea expedition. Read more
Operation Wallacea MARK ERDMANN explains the history of an exciting venture in reef conservation using volunteer divers. Read more
Rare birds die in West Java Impoverished villagers kill huge numbers of migrating birds resting on Java's foreshores each year. JOHN McCARTHY reports Read more
Mamberamo madness Millions of hectares of pristine tropical forest and thousands of indigenous people are at risk. FRANCES CARR outlines Habibie's 'techno dream' for Irian Jaya. Read more
Magic on fire The fires are merely adding to the pressure on East Kalimantan's only national park. But ALEX RYAN also finds that nature lovers have won some battles to protect its beauty. Read more