Agus Mawan News Today

Astra Agro Lestari, a major Indonesian palm oil company, has drawn flak from NGOs for failing to address key issues in its report on alleged violations by subsidiaries in Sulawesi.

Mongabay seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics,and finance on conservation and development.

Aziil Anwar, a prolific planter of mangroves on coral damaged by blast fishing in Indonesia’s West Sulawesi province, rallying many children to his cause, died in hospital on May 6. He was 64. Azill had suffered a leg injury from scraping through a coral reef, which failed to heal due to his diabetes. The injury […]

Mongabay seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics,and finance on conservation and development.

Indonesia has more mangrove forests than anywhere else on Earth. The country’s 17,500 islands house around 3.2 million hectares (7.9 million acres) of mangrove, or one-fifth of the world’s remaining area. However, these unique ecosystems crucial for marine habitat, flood control and carbon sequestration are quickly being cleared. Last year, President Joko Widodo’s administration announced […]