Environment

Mining law changes in decentralising Indonesia raises new challenges and opportunities for local communities

The Jokowi government’s policy shift contributes to pervasive regulatory ambiguity in Indonesia’s mining sector

The 2009 mining law and the community benefit in Sulawesi

Foreign investment in large-scale mining has encountered serious obstacles

The benefits of more concentrated natural resources are less likely to be spread

Mining dominates East Luwu GDP but development of agriculture underpins equitable development

After reformasi, Kereng Pangi, Kalimantan became the site of a gold rush

Irrespective of location or commodity, peasants now compete with multinational mining companies on the mineral-rich tracts of Indonesia

Benefits ripple outwards but local government struggles to regulate the process

Resistance is a way of defending local people’s rights in dealing with mining policy

Improved market chain monitoring and recognition of sociocultural dynamics are important for central mercury control

Small-scale manganese mining supports livelihood diversity

Students have mixed feelings about a mandatory community service program at Indonesian universities

Compromises must be made in the quest for indigeneity among the Dayak Meratus

Over-use of pesticides is making the crops ‘sick’, but only farmers educated about the environment understand this

Success and failure of Indramayu farmers’ responses to El-Niño

Environmental education is empowering rural youth to protect their hamlet from a luxury resort project 

Does the social marketing approach answer the big questions of conservation in Indonesia?

School textbooks in Indonesia fail to teach environmental sustainability