A unified database integrating all of the land-use maps currently in use in Indonesia is set for an earlier-than-expected launch this August, as the government scrambles to collate outstanding data ...

One of the major challenges in stopping illegal deforestation in Indonesia is the existence of numerous, conflicting concession maps, based on which level of government, or ministry, you talk to. This ...

Indicative map May 2012 revision. Indonesia is making “encouraging” progress on its push to reduce deforestation by improving governance over its forests and peatlands but still needs to do more to ...

An ambitious Indonesian project to create a single database of the country's land area and stop conflicts is destined to flounder unless it includes maps created by indigenous communities, advocates ...

A palm oil plantation. Photo credit: Michael Warren The information will be made publically available in the second quarter of 2016 via the Global Forest Watch Platform. The commitment to publish ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia's Minister of Environment Hanif Faisol Nurofiq urged producers in the country to immediately make a waste reduction road map. "We have sent an official letter to 613 ...

The Indonesian coast was struck by four earthquakes over the past 24 hours, according to the United States Geological Survey.