Environment

Resource stripping in Batur, Bali - Graeme MacRae
Beyond the tourism and real estate frontiers in Bali is a small branch of the global resource frontier.
Mining paradise
Local communities resist mining development on Sulawesi’s Bangka Island
Bird’s nest boom
Indonesia’s efforts to supply delicacies to China are evolving in surprising directions
Overprotection is not the answer
Food self-sufficiency in Indonesia is a valid problem but so far the government has only provided counterproductive solutions
Feeding Indonesia
Food security is an urgent policy problem in Indonesia but opinions are divided about how best to feed the poorest and most vulnerable
ajiguna resized
Rahmat Ajiguna talks to Eve Warburton about the need to make farmers the centre of food security in Indonesia
mccarthy resized
Despite being a middle-income country, many Indonesians still face the prospect of going hungry
Freeing shovelnosed ray, Bobby Anderson
In West Papua province’s Raja Ampat islands, a local fisheries conservation initiative is setting a global standard
Preserving landscapes
Budi Brahmantyo continues a lineage of scientific art for which West Java’s natural resources have provided the subject
Love the mall, love the earth
Eco-friendly malls make environmentalism sleek and chic, but they might do more harm than good
A new frontier
East Kalimantan was once timber country, now it’s coal that rules