Environment

Tourism campaigns in East Kalimantan fall short of provincial middle class aspirations

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.

An unstoppable flow of mud from an explosion in a gas well in Sidoarjo, East Java, has unleashed a plethora of political issues.

Organic farming takes root in post-bomb Bali

A community takes a fresh look at water

Rich countries should pay big bucks to reduce emissions in the developing world

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.

RACHEL DREWRY investigates ecotourism as a conservation tool.

MELODY KEMP discovers some quiet achievers in environmental education -- who accept no foreign aid.

MICHAEL DOVE traces Dayak unhappiness to inequities in state development.

The fires were no natural disaster, says JOKO WALUYO. The smoking gun is in the hands of plantation companies.

It's lonely in the Forestry Minister's office, says GERRY VAN KLINKEN.

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.

HELEN LANDYMORE found herself surveying rare birds and fish in stunning locations when she joined an Operation Wallacea expedition.

MARK ERDMANN explains the history of an exciting venture in reef conservation using volunteer divers.

Impoverished villagers kill huge numbers of migrating birds resting on Java's foreshores each year. JOHN McCARTHY reports

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.

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.

Coastal villagers will protect reefs if they know it is in their interest. IAN DUTTON and BRIAN CRAWFORD report on an international project that goes to the cutting edge.